POINTS IN POLITICS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19811, 1 December 1919, Page 7

POINTS IN POLITICS.

EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES OF CANDIDATES. The liquor question was a matter for the conscience of each individual elector; hut he must say that, in his opinion, there was no system more advantageous than public control system he had seen in operation in Carlisle.—• .Ur hj. J'lram, J.iberal candidate for Wellington Central. r * The Liberal leader’s proposal for meeting tlio housing shortage, whereby a miui or woman could secure a goo’d house, at a weekly payment of 10s (id, was probably the- hnest in the world, and ho predicted that the workers would vote strongly for the party which had evolved this magnilicent scheme, lie contrasted it with the absence of adequate proposals from cither the Reform or tho extreme, parties.—Air H. Atmore, Liberal candidate for kelson. Ho warned his audience against tho dangers of meat trusts and combines. A committee was set up to inquire into the operations of the American Aleak Jnisl ami provisions were brought down to prevent their operations. So moat company can now export meat without first obtaining a moat exporter a license. Some time ago the Argentme meat trade was in tho hands ol Uritish traders, but now tho. Ainericans hud got in.—Air G. Hunter, Reform candidate for AA aipawn. The Aleut Trust employs tho- best legal brains for the purpose of {hiding a. loophole in Acts directed against its operations. Hitherto it appears to have been success! nl in its efforts. not know if tho coal mining 1 ™dustry would be any better if it were nationalised, but he thought ut least Unit tho Government should acquire sufficient mines to ensure its own coal " ants, and also tho necessary sea transport. terry boat services should be akon over by the -State-Sir F. AV hang, Kelorm candidate for Alauakau. uhen the Reform Party attained !vitfi°''cif t: ° i eU ffn S ° wns threatened " , short shrift. But apparently the parly is now prepared to drop its attitude in order to retain office. Ho was utterly and entirely opposed to tho four months’ camp proposal for youths, lor which he thought there was no need. Ho would prefer to revert ro the anginal school cadet system, which had had excellent results. Ho believed also m volunteering, which had proved its value. x\ew Zealand’s future safety, as it had done in the past, depended upon a supreme navy, and on this quesi n i * t-hait tiro Government should encourage yachting and motorboat clubs, so that a naval reserve would be created—Sir F. AV. Lang, Reform candidate for Alauakau. Sir James Allen’s original proposal docs not appear to receive much sympathy oven from members of hits own, party. AA itli regard to the domestic help problem, she would give girls who helped in other people's homos a properly recognised social status, tho same <is imitsGb. fur instance iSlio the training of girls for domestic work in hostels, where they could gain State certificates for various grades. They could then go out to work for a certain number of hours a week. She felt sure that if such girls hud a recognised standing and their certificates could command good pay for them, plenty would go in lor domestic service—Alias Ji Alelvillc. Reform candidate for Grey Lynn. The plain fact is that the girls of today do not take kindly to domestic work. They much prefw tho office, the shop or the workroom. * » # On a no-confidence motion he had pledged himself to support Sir Joseph R aid, and lie had never gone back on his word ; but ho would never support a party that was kept in power by extreme labour—Air F. Lirani, Liberal candidate for Wellington Central. « « He was strongly opposed to compulsory military training whether for lour months, for two, or for one, which, he understood, was the latest proposal. He believed in the bov scout system, the cadet system, and" after that for ■ three years a system of compulsory ] physical, not military, training. (Ap- | plauso and dissent.) Ho held that, instead of sotting up a. local nrvy, Sew Zealand .should contribute to u section of the British Navy.—Air F. Birani, Liberal candidate for AVellington Central. * * A stiffor graduated tax on the largei estates standing in the way of settlement would force real subdivision and stimulate production, which wits the world’s greatest need—Air H Atmore, Liberal candidate for Nelson. « • All thoughtful men were seeking a way out of our difficulties, and that man was a fool who, instead of clearing tno way for the mountain stream" dammed it up at a dangerous point and sat. on the bank to watch the bursting of Hie dam and the devastation of the valley below—Air J. T. Al. Hornsby. « * A reform badly needed was the establishment of women police. Such women were not to go about arresting drunken men, but to attend places of entertainment, such as picture shows, ami other places where the need existed, for the purpose of giving advice to boys and girls, who might be out of control. There were two women patrols in Auckland. appointed under the Health Act, hut their powers were nothing like wide enough. There was no doubt that things were going on in the community which wore no credit to the community. AA T omen police would do a. groat deal of good in checking these evils. She advocated Stato_ assistance to mothers while their children wore young.—Aliss E. Neville, Reform candidate i’or Grev Lynn. Women police, possibly, would be an excellent adjunct to the ordinary police force, provided the selections were made purely on suitability for such an onerous position.