The Timaru Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1908. THE TIMARU ELECTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13733, 24 October 1908, Page 4

The Timaru Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1908. THE TIMARU ELECTION.

The political atmosphere of Timaru bas been'unsettled since the Hon. \V. HalJones announced his retirement from the fi-ld. on his tranter to London, but- is now' apparently settled enough to enable all parties to get to work with a definite knowledge of the direction in which the wind blows. The Government candidate had already-been, sheeted; » Labour candidate had declared himself and stated \m platform; and the electors who met las* night to select an Opposition candidate admitted that they had no occasion to do so. tho announcement of Mr \V. D. Campbell that he would s;ek the suffrages of the electors of Timaru being recognised iis sufficient for their purpose. There was some suggestion that Mr Campbell's views were not yet kno\yn, but that must have been a mere phrase without meaning. The friends of Mr Rolleston, seeing the impracticability of i-ceur-ing his election, had no difficulty in recogniMhg that Mr CamplscH's views were Ibe same- a* Mr ■Rollcston's. And to remove all double, on the point, if any really exist, we have Mr Campbell's authority for saving that lw is a t»up-' porter of Mr Massey. The " field" is now doubtless complete, and the preliminary canter of the Opposition and Government candidates will be anxiously awaited, as living some indication of the probability of the race.