TWO BY-ELECTIONS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3994, 30 September 1930, Page 29

TWO BY-ELECTIONS.

WAIPAWA AND WESTERN MAORI. CLOSING of nominations. WAIPUKURAU, September 24. _ ..the following nominations were received at noon to-day for the Waipawa by-election:—Albert Edward Jull (United Party), William Clive (official Reform). ADDRESS BY MR JULL. WAIPUKURAU, September 24. t ~e to, l e a Packed audience, Mr A. E. Jull, the United candidate, delivered an address in his home town. Waipawa, tonight, Mr G. H. Hunt, the Mayor, presiding. Mr Jull said it was 11 years since he had contested the Waipawa seat, and lie expressed the hope that the'present con'ri YnVo ! )e f° u ßht in a friendly spirit, lhe 1928 election had caused a surprise to the Reform supporters, but the result was due to the Reform administration, which had indulged in an orgy of expenditure. The Reform Government was responsible for having increased the indebtedness of the country by £115.000.000, ? n , 1 P s P'te of this borrowing Reform had left a deficit of £420,000. There was a.so an accumulation of 4000 applicants under the Advances to Settlers Act, aggregating £4,169.200, many of these being 18 months or two years in arrears. Since the United Government had assumed office in 1928 it had added £6,000,000 to the funds in the Advances to Settlers Account, and had also made advances , aggregating £8.000,000. Sir Joseph Ward in 1928 had succeeded in converting £29.000,000 of stock on good terms, the holders receiving £4 15s 3d per cent. for. the full period of the new loan. In addition, a loan of £7,000,000 had been floated in London at 4| per cent, at £95, yielding £4 16s 5d to investors. Mi Jull pointed out that the United Government had disposed of 2886 Crown holdings on all tenures, comprising 623,000 acres, to June 30 last, and had also enacted legislation enabling persons taking undeveloped Crown land to secure advances up to 90 per cent., of the cost of development. Dealing with railways, Mr Jull said that a return showed that 345 miles of railways in the construction programme would fall short of paying the estimated working expenses and interest by £737,000 per annum. In view of the fact that last year’s operations had resulted in a loss of £1,211,000, it was clear that the gravest attention must be given to the programme of railway construction for the purpose of developing the resources of the country, but there was a limit to what the finances of the Dominion could stand.

After dealing with the education report and other problems affecting the Dominion, the candidate was accorded a vote of thanks, and the meeting also carried by acclamation an expression of confidence in the United Party.

WESTERN MAORI NOMINATIONS. WELLINGTON, September 24. Nominations of candidates for the Western Maori by-election closed to-day. Those nominated were Pei te Hurunui Jones (Young Maori Party), Hami Tokouru Ratana (Ratana Party), Taite te Tomo (Reform Party). The election will take place on October 8. It was stated to-day that two other aspirants had telegraphed to the returning officer that it was their intention to go to the poll, but as their nominations did not come to hand at the proper time they were excluded.