THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16902, 29 November 1922, Page 8

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

| TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS. I R ICC A R TON.i Mr G Witty----F'endal ton Church ! School. Mr H. S. S. Kyle—Weedous nnd j Templeton j Air T. A. M’CiiUough—Upper Riccarj ton. : LYTTET/rON. Mr M Afacartnev—Okain’s Bav. Mr J. M’ComW -rJttle Akaloa. KATAPOT.— Mr D. -Tones-—Outuhia and Marsh la lifl. Mr R. I>. Martin- Mairehau and ATarshland. Mr D. f>-iddo—Coutts fslnad and Clarkrille. C HRISTCHURCH NORTH. Mr E. FT. Andrews -Rugby Street School room. Mr L. -M. I si 1 1— EI m wood Schoo 1. Rev -I. K Archer---Knox Schoolroom. CH R-!ST( T! I'HCfl SOUTH.Mr H. G. Ell—-Sydenham Football Club R oo m . Mr H ('. T,a;ie- Methodist School : room, corner of Harman anti SeJwyn Streets. Mr E. J. Howard--Corner of Milton and Lyttelton Streets, and corner of Montreal and King Streets. Mr R. M. Thomson--West Christ j church School. ; CHRISTC FTURCH EAS T. Mr H. T. Armstrong-—St liuke'? Schoolroom. Dr Thacker- RhiMipsiown Parish Hall. Mr VY. R. De v e re tix—Orange Hall. Worcester Street. AVON. Lt.-Colonel A. E. Loach—Shirley School: Mr D. G. Sullivan- -Corner of Armagh and Travers Streets, i Hon G. W. Russell --Pumping Station. Lin wood. and junction of North Avon Road and Stanmora Rond. Airs A. JE. Herbert South Brighton j Hall. ! ASHBI'IiTfIX. - Mr Y. R. Cooke-—Tinwald. | HURT Nil. J Mr S. Andrew—BaJcairn. j Air G. \Y. Forbes—Springfield. ELLESMERE.---Sir R. Heaton Rhodes--Barrhill and Rakaia. Mr J. C. Free—Lincoln. KAIAPOI. Air D. Jones, Reform candidate for Kaiapoi, addressed about fifty electors | at the Waikuku Hall on Monday evien- ! ing at 7 o’clock. Air J. Henshaw x>resided. The candidate si>oke in defence ol the Government on the lines of previous speeches. At th© close of the address Mr Jones answered a num. her of question's. On the motion of Mr Skevington he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks, j AJr Jones went on to Woodend and ! addressed a large audience in the Public Hall. Mr Pateman occupied the chair. The candidate spoke at length on the finance and general administration of the Government. He answer- ] ed a. number of questions, and on the j motion of Afr Ronald Macdonald was • accorded a unanimous vote of thanks. Mr R. D. Martin addressed a meeting of ejectors at Clarkrille last even ii.g- and received a hearty vote of thanks for his address. Mr Martin also addressed a meeting at East Eyreton. and at the close of the address ana reply to questions was -accorded on the. motion of Air Hassell a very hearty j vote of thanks for his address. AVON. j The If on G. W. Russell addressed I two very fine meetings last evening. , first at Buckley's Road, where there I were between four nnd five hundred j present, anti later at the Surf Club, North Beach. At Buckley’s Road. Air Russell received a very fine liear--1 iug. and when a vote of thanks and : confidence was proposed it was soe- • ond*’d in a dozen places. At the Surf ! Club, the Mayor of New Brighton (Mr ! J. Gamble) presided over a meeting j that packed every available corner and i exit, large numbers being tinned away. At the close of the speech the ebair- ■ man congratulated both Mr Russell ; and the audience, the one on the splen_ j 1 1 id hearing he had received, and the j other on the very fine speech they had ! been able to bear. After rr vote of j tb;>uks and confidence proposed by i Mr Packer and seconded by Afv rf Poni inghouse had been carried, the meeting broke up with cheers for ATr i Russell. i Afr D. G. Sullivan. Labour candi- , date for Avon, addressed a meeting <>f about eighty people at the Bromley Public School las! evening, the chair- ! man of (lir S.-linnl (Wniittpp. Mi- r. 1 Dryden. presiding. Afr Sullivan. i tin* course of answering questions, i said that tlie Labour Party stood for the ordinary widows’ pension being increased to the same a« the epidemic i w idows' pension : also for increased old j age pensions', a pension for invalids : and increased pensions for totally dtNj aided soldiers. If the Government could afford to give a single hanking ; institution n rebate of £40.000 in i taxation, it could afford to give | C 10.000 for pensions for the blind, vet it refused to give a pension for the ! blind. At the conclusion of the ad- • dress ATr Sullivan answered a number j of questions' and was accorded a ■ unanimous vote of thanks and con- • fidenee. LYTTELTON. Afr R. Macartney. Reform candidate. held a very successful meeting : at Little Akaloa last night. Afr i M'Jntosh occupied the chair, and • n i the motion oi Afr E. C. Kay. a vote of thanks to the candidate was oar- ' ried I Air J. M (, omhs. La hour candidate for r.vttelton. addresf-ed a large.lv at- : i "tided meeting at tl<e Oddfellows’ Hall. Akaroa. la>; night. Tlie candidate snoke for two hours, and having : answered a number of question-* was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks ; and confidence, on the motion of Cotin ( illor Faithful. CHRISTCHURCH EAST. i Mr AA . R. Devereux, Reform candi- ; date, addressed a well attended meet- : iug of elector® in tlie Oddfellows’ : Hall, Hastings Street, last night. A n>t<? of thanks and confidence was accorded the candidate RJCCARTON. Air J A. AUCuiJeugh. Labour candidate. addressed a *of lady electors at the Church Schoolroom. I’apamii, on Alondav afternoon. Mrs S. Page piesided. A nuinher of question® were asked and a most interesting discussion took place on the points

| raised by the speaker. A hearty vote i oi thanks was accorded the speaker. ! and to Mrs Page for presiding. ! Mr J. A M ’('uiloug.i a-H rested « j well attended meeting of lady electors ’ in the supper room ol t.h* Town Gall R.iccarton. Mr.® L. F. Mi in© nretrided 1 Tlie meeting was most enthusiastb? , i throughout-, and on the motion of Atr? i L. F. Emmersor,, seconded I*y Mr® C. R. Patton, a hearty vote of thanks I was accorded the candidate bv ac.etaina j ; lion. V vote of thar.ks to Airs Alilne ! : concluded the meeting. • ■ Air (L AA it tv met. Ihe electors in the | ' Hall. Templeton, his old home, and was | j accorded a hearty welcome. Afr C. Hanson presided The speaker was [ frequently a ted ended. especially ’hen I • get tins*- !•:-»»-k or. a frequent, mterjector. ; |.* heartv \utc of thanks war- t-crvi'-A hy ; • acclamation hy a very large attend- ! LABOUR MANIFESTO. ; At th Ir.st meeting of i .V: N.Oonal Pe ?il - C onn* .I n wa.® ‘bcided write ! 'to th-'* leader r.| r>i- Lnbi*«;r Tv . < on- . , gratniafir.g him upon • «Xf Hival j ! manifesto issued by ibir parfv and tor j ! his poljvy sT-cerh delivered m Christ- i j church, and expressing, pleasure that . the dominant note of both the muni- I i'esto and spec-eh sounded, the true in- j 1 ternat-ionnl spirit. OAMARU. (Rt K Pkfss Assoctatton. t O A MARU, No vein be r 28. | Mr J. A. Macpherson. Tjiberal-La- | \ bour .candidate for Oani?.ru. addressed. ; a Jar’ge gathering of electors at the ! Opera House and reccive-d a good l hearir.g. He criti- ised tin- Govern- s I ruenfc's adminiFtratiou. He- was ac- | corded a unanimous vote of thanks and j j confidence with cheers. CHALMERS. DL NEDJX, November 2S. i Mr J. I'. Dickson. Reform candidate ! I for Chalmers, addressed a large meet- , mg at Port Chalmers to-night. A considerable portion of bis speech was devoted to criticism of the platform of the Labour Party, which he character- . iserl impossible of fulfilling. He expressed himself as opposed to proper- ; tiona! representation and State bank, and urged that in view of the present : national debt, the Government would ] have to give serious consideration to j retrenchment and economy. j A SPEECH AT NELSON. NELSON. November 28. Mr Massey addressed a crowded I meeting at the Empire Theatre this ! ! evening. Despite a dirty, wet night j the building was packed long before ! ) eight o’clock. Mr Massey received a j splendid hearing from one of the big- 1 ! gest political meetings ever held in ; | Nelson. In the course of his remarks i I he predicted a stead}- return of better , | times. Last October, for the first i 1 time in eighteen months, the revenue showed an increase of 2440.000. For the seven months of the present financial year there was a falling off in ex- i penditure of two and a quarter millions. ; These two facts combined helped to im- | prove the position. The Government ; was endeavouring further to reduce j taxation, which nominally was paid ; by the man at the top of the ladder., ! but really was paid in most instances ’ by the man at the bottom. Mr Massey paid a great tribute to the re- j turned soldiers for the manner of coping with their difficulties. The Gov* j eminent would deal fairly with them, i Returns showed an increase of 40 per cent in this season's production ot' butter far compared with last season, j Dairy fa rmers had done much to help I to bring New Zealand through troublous times. A vote of thanks and con- • fide nee was moved and was declared carried by the chairman. There was a ! big volume of sound both ways. THE LABOUR LEADER. (Per Pnrss Aseoriatio?o HOKITIKA. November 29. Mr IT. E. Holland, leader of the Labour .Party, addressed a large gathering nt. the Opera House last night, in support of Mr James O'Brien, the Labour candidate for Westland. Air William Jeffrie®, chairman of the county, presided. Mr Holland spoke for two hours, j making a strong appeal for support of j Labour. He. criticised the actions of | both the Reform and Liberal Jk‘ lrt * <: * s - ! He was accorded an attentive hearing. ; with a vote oi thanks at the con- | elusion.