POLITICAL NOTES
(Per United Press Association.) OAMARU, May 26. Mr Massey, Leader of the Opposition, addressee! a largo meeting in the Opera House this evening. Part of his speecli dealt with the Hon. J. A. Millar’s address in Dunedin. The speaker claimed that most of the surplus was made out of increased taxation which came back on the worker and the producer. Of all the eight millions that the Government claimed had been transferred to the Public Works Fund, only about a million and a-half came out of revenue. The speaker had a good reception. AUCKLAND, May 26. The Hon. T. Mackenzie was waited upon by a deputation of Government supporters and asked, in the event of Taieri being cut out in the redistribution of electorates, to contest a northern scat. He said it was only fair to his constituents in the Taieri to take no action until the electorate was actually cut out. In any case ho would do nothing until he had discussed the position with his colleagues.
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Southland Times, Issue 16746, 27 May 1911, Page 5
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