THE COMING ELECTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15503, 13 November 1914, Page 7

THE COMING ELECTION.

LOCAL MEETINGS. Local Parliamentary candidates will Bpeaii as follows this evening:— Mr J. Anstey at Windsor. Mf V. E. iverr at Hazelburn school at 7 p.m., and at Opihi school at 8.30 p.m. Mr W". S. Maslin at Rangitat-a Station. .. t Mr W. Nosworthy at W. H. Orbell's iWooi&bed, Ramciiif. Mr (J. J. Taibwt at Claremont. Mr F. H. Smith, the Reform candidate for Timaru, will address electors at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday Evening at 8 p.m. THE WAITAKI SEAT. • At Mr tioiin n.suej s meeting at Livingstone mere was a iarge autuence ana Mr OuiiOLiiui |>resiaed. liie aaaitL-s was on similar Hues lo tnao at YY annate and fcvoiiea irequems apprause. In reply to tile question as to whether ho was m lavour ot preierenee to married men at land bauots tne candidates said yes. Asted if lie tnougnt it rignt tiiat a man with. £lmX) snouid iia-ve preference over a man with less capital (but. wii-0 Had enougu to enable him to go on the land) Mr Anst-ey said no, but explained tnat the trouble way that runs specially were cut up much too large. Me advocated, the cutting up of runs into smaller areas to allow a man iWith less capital to compete. In answer to a question whether fie was m tavour of granting the freehold of email grazing runs he said no, as it tended to aggregation. Mr Somerville proposed -a vote of thanks and confidence, which, was seconded by Mr J. Adams and carried. THE TEMUKA SEAT. Mr C. E. Ken-, Government candidate -for t-he Temuka seat, addressed, a large meeting in the Gannii?gton School on Wednesday night- Mr Cabot, chairman of the school committee, presided. The speaker received a most attentive hearing and his remarks wer©. frequently applauded. Among the ques-t-ions asked was one relating to the alteration by the Commission in regard to. the price of wheat and flour. Mr Kerr made it clear that Mr Masseiy tiid nOfc reduce the prices in the first-in-stance. It was the Commission Which at first proposed to fix the price of wheat at 5s 3d and flour at £l3 per ton, but actually fixed them at. 4s 9d and £ll las respectively. What Mr MasSey 'did was to refer the matter hack to the Commission, and, when they could not agree, the Government enforced the prices first suggested. Mr D. Maxwell moved a hearty vote oi ■thanks, to the speaker, and 6aid_ they would show their confidence in him at the ballot box. This was seconded by Air R» Williams and carried unanimously. . A vote of thanks to the chairman, .closed the- meeting. r