THE BURUNUI SEAT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22393, 15 October 1934, Page 11

THE BURUNUI SEAT

A FIELD OF FOUR LABOUR CANDIDATE ANNOUNCED (Special to Daily Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 14. It is almost certain that Dr Prank Birkinshaw, of Amberley, will be die Labour candidate to oppose the Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) for the Hurunui seat. Mr Birkinshaw has been approached and has consented to stand, but he has yet to be approved by the Labour Party. It is stated, however, that there is little or no doubt that Dr Birkinshaw will be selected and will stand. Dr Birkinshaw was a member of the Labour Party in England while still a university student. He was on active service in France at'the age of 16, and later served with the Royal Air Force in Arabia and also spent some months with the French Foreign Legion in Arabia. He holds the coveted MedaUle d’Honneur Avec Glaives en Bronze. He came to New Zealand in 1930. Dr Birkinshaw is a successful writer of short stories and articles for Now Zealand and overseas newspapers and magazines. His sister, Miss Mary Birkiashaw, is a well-known supporter of the Labour movement in London and is a lecturer in the London School of Economics, The decision of the Labour Party to contest the seat brings the number of candidates for the seat up to four —Mr Forbes, Dr Birkinshaw, Mr D. 0. Davie, who is prominent in the Douglas Social Credit Movement, and Mr G. S. Hamilton, a farmer of Kaikoura who describes himself as a Liberal.