WAIKATO.
The Farmer of Parson— Which ?
Among the members representing country districts none is more deservedly esteemed in the House than Mr F. W. Lang. None workß harder for his constituents and none speaks out more forcibly for their interests. As a Waikato farmer he is intimately acquainted with the wants of his district, and these interests are his everabiding concern. He is an educated man, Liberal in his instincts and politics, upright in character, singularly free from party bitterness, and a member who reflects credit upon his constituents.
Are the Waikato people prepared to throw over such a man for a Prohibitionist firebrand like Dr Hosking ? What elaima has Dr Hosking, anjhow ? He went to Waikato some eighteen months ago from Hawke's Bay, where he achieved an unenviable notoriety for setting people by the ears through his inflammatory Prohibitionist speeches and strong personalities. Up in the Waikato he played the same game until the Lord knows who give him a call to the House of Representatives Since then he has stepped down from the pulpit and buried Prohibition in the backyard. At least, we don't hear much about it now. Clearly, Farmer Lang, and not Parson-Prohibitionist Hosking is the man for Waikato.
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Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1092, 2 December 1899, Page 9
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WAIKATO.
Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1092, 2 December 1899, Page 9
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