POLITICAL.

West Coast Times, Issue 11278, 28 April 1899, Page 2

POLITICAL.

SCOBIE M'KENZIB AT DUNEDIN. [Press Association] ~ • Dunedin, Apjil p. . Seobie M^Kenzie addressed crowded meeting of electors" at the "Agricultural Hall to-night, the<ifayor presiding. He 3aid the work of last v Beijsiofi. iresolv^ itself into passing the Old Age Pension Act, but he declared *&c problem of old age ' p'ensioiw had .yet to be fought in- Nbw- Zealand. There was a fatal flaw* in the^Kjseni AotThe man who kquajuJefeil ' hu T means received a pension which wag denied tg $c thrifty. The Department scandal would be a disgrace |o a^ouWA^iencMi republic or even '^ina- The moat odious thing about it ' Was Iff MiniKbf&vinl nis own skin at- the exp'epge T 6'f aViirifortuna^e victim. Civil servatts darla nptrefuSe to subordinate duty to ? th l e"wiirdf t Mmistere, who had turned' 'the 'at j-eani : Wm^ral fB3wagef 83wage under 'thi- f foutidatioliS^of the constitution, which witaMjiprtupting^nd d,moralising every^ng $&% .^hich' || came .lnjo contaqi;.' He "djplgri4., the principal Government supporters had no co jfidence in "Govef nmenl7 whose "policy ,^as one of concealment and evasion? ThS colony had b^an demoralised j^y few jingling catch words'.- 9e'\ejjeyed the present condition of affairs wonfd have to work its own cure. " A ' " A- vote of thanks and confidence waai' ' carj-ied, only one dissenting; i • . '