GENERAL ELECTION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 12

GENERAL ELECTION.

WAGE REDUCTION BOGEY. STATEMENTBY MINISTER. (Pei Press Association.} GORE, last night. Tlie Hon. G. J. Anderson, Minister of Labor, replied to a statement made by Mr. Holland in Wellington to-day that shf» (the Minister) had carefully considered set reduction in wages of 7s 6d: per week. I This proposition'; said; Mr) Anderson', appeared in the annual report of the Department. The Minister does not dictate .to the. Secretary of Labor what the latter shall publish, and the latter is allowed to incorporate in his reports matters which no Minister could hope to give effect to, hut- which were of universal interest.

“The redaction of. 7s 6d from the wages of the workers was,” he com tinued, “totally opposed by him (Mr. Anderson). No such' suggestion had ever been before the Government, which had never considered the matter.

“The opinion of family allowances in the report,” said Mr. Anderson, “was merely an academic expression by the Secretary of Labor.” MR. LY,SNAP'S CAMPAIGN. SPEECH AT MANUTUKE. Mr.-Lysnar continued his election .campaign on Saturday evening when he' addressed a meetiifg at Man’utuke. My, T. Preston, prqgjdq'd. Qyqp an attendance of fifty. Mr. Lysnar"was accorded an attentive hearing, there being few r interpections.

Mr. Lysnar outlined his position, "s.tatipg that he woulel- on no account vote agaiiist tlie Government if it meant putting the Labor party into jPpwrer. Hq bptyeyed that, there should-; he a fusion of the two parties in opposition to Labor, Mr. T.jrs.ujir then, made a strong denunciation or the methods adopted by the Labor, party, stressing the’ menace of. the Rqtjs in New Zealand, and- urging the electors to wipe them out. A.t the conclusion of the address Mr, C. V. Clayton moyecl a vote of thanks to the speaker. This w;as seconded by Mr. Halos and carried unanimously.

(To the Editor of tlie Herald.) Sir, —Apropos, of- the footnote' supplied gratis, by you r.e my name not being, on the electoral roll, sir, numbers of rolls for the district are in circulation, and any elector could see for. himself that the undersigned; is not thereon. You well know that there are electoral rolls in other districts in the. Dominion, There is also a system for. absentee votes. People are, nqt always permanently resident in, the district, though they, may have ininterests therein. Then, again, you would; find, if you, cared to inquire, that there- are. hundreds not on the roll, at all —for various reasons. If you ta.ke the trouble to search the Dominion. rolls you might be more successful. However, my, name is my own; my business legitimate. As your njijto of reference was published, please favor by publishing this.—Yours,

J. BURGESS FINDER.

[The correspondent in the letter referred to purported to speak as a Gisborne elector.—Ed. Herald.]

(To the Editor of the Herald.)

Sir, —The. following extracts taken fixup. a. bulletin issued by tlje Canterbury. Chamber, of Commerce in conjunction with the economic department •of tho Canterbury College will, no doubt, disillusionise a, few, Reformers who believe that* Mr Noswor.thy is a heaven-sent. Finance Minister. You. will, no doubt, remember, sir, that ftp.* Ollivier, the nqw president of , the Ohajhbqr, bpcjdy stated that if. Henry' Ford' wished if) start a factory in. New, Zealandj, lie would: ljavo to subscribe to, tho party, fumls or , obstacle’s would) be placed/ in'his way,' etc!, etc. The Government wag caljed on to appoint a, Rqyal, 'Cpmmjssiqn "to, enquiro dnto, hip. charges, but discreetly, let the IhtajEtei; pass j “There’ is. eyia-gnee. that tho 'financial control exercised by Parliament, ■both! ovey the Depiartiqental estimates (and over tlie actual spending of thp /money is not as. strict as might he deisired.” “Attention might welj, be directled to improving the machinery for scrut'jpising expenditure when, probably substantial economies in the public expenditure wqu]d be effected 1 .” ‘ln,New Zeat)b'ere is. at present little margiri of 'taxable"capacity, and the rate of public iborrowing is beginning to threaten the national credit.” “There, is reason for believing that a, progressive loosening of /control over public expenditure has been ■developing for years.” “Attention to jthis must be directed if the present re- ; markable rate of public borrowing is to /be checked.” “In yiqw of these facts we must have effective control over expenditure ; and no expenditure unless for full value." This, sir. ip a weighty indictment and, in itself- is Miflicient to ‘show that the formation of a new or National party is overdue.—l. am, etc., ' JUNIUS-