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wf % ahai £' s Committee will work fet.tda?^ 6 ;^ B * ; r<Lv h R ' cb^° Dd meeting last SaturS,^™^ 29 residents of that b°la ,-h h ■ dl i tfiCt P reS(int ( fche s£l™ c)) I w '3b to give that stdfcAmea t a complete den ial. Having h v «d over 13 T eara in Kichmond. !2'» d ™ to be in a position to ■ spe«k witt* soma knowledge, and for jtne ZDfonnation of electors there with, bbC^ eU 9 x?- aod 10 ° '«>«e°te jWithio . the Richmond borough bouudanes who were present on nilf w O£^ 91ODl nufc counting thoae oufc 3l de the builaing. At the con, clusi.^^f^be Candidate's addr6M 3 > .Jwetang ol tbe coihmittee was helch &KK a 32& over 40 bana tia4 ir At p c 'anfastown the other night, Air Graham scored neatly off a hostile mterjecfcjon that he was too old " 8 work of, an M.P. Before f°n L d 'II 1 COuU recover his' indignanl breath a supporter chipped in : h«,n ■■%? m° good wine -Mr.Graiiaiu, the older you get the better you get" "Thank you for the 7**. phment' returned J.;C. ,"I certainly feel like old wine; for the reception you have given me to-day has ."Fellow-citizens," shouted the candidate, "if lam elected for this district, I shall Endeavour to make you glad.that you did not elect another." . 'That's, right I" yelled the dry goods box philosopher, "I reckon one would be plenty." _,' rhe J3on. G. Fowlds, speaking at Eden Terrace the other night, stated \H ri. ad been s u PPHed with a l % abou * si* hundred names on the Grey Lynn roll of people who had ;io right to be. there. Some, he said were dead, some . had removed to other districts, some had not been twelve months in the Dominion and some were unnaturalised aliens. He added^ that he had personally seen the absolute proof of several flagrant cases, of roll-stuffing, and that steps would be taken to detect those improperly voting. ' The Opposition contention is that railway fares and freight rates ought to be raised to wipe off the annual loss of £100,000.. The Government contends that the Dominion is far better off paying that amount out of the Consolidated Fund than it would ~°e if the railway rates were raised. The railways are not a taxing machine. They are built to assist in the development of the country.