THE HUTT SEAT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13984, 21 November 1919, Page 6

THE HUTT SEAT.

WK LLINGTON, Thursday

Mr T. M. Wilford, the Liberal candidate for the Hutt, delivered his opening address at Eastbourne, having a good reception. The Liberal Party, he said, stood for an increased graduated laud tax on large estates, a graduated tax on largV* incomes and death duties. The graduated land tax was the only thing"that would prevent aggregation. He condemned a local navy, which would involve a huge outlay. He questioned the efficiency of the Arbitration Court, on account of the inability of members of the Court to grasp the details of every dispute coming before them. The men avlio considered disputes should be experts in the trade or profession involved. He wished to see education free from the primary school to the university. He favoured the nationalisation of the coal mines. Mr Wilford strongly urged, in vieAV of the perilous industrial situation, the calling of a national conference of employers, employees and departmental heads, in order to define a national industrial policy. Unless such a conference aa-as held, a disastrous crash Avould come, and it would then be too late to appeal to reason. A a .do of thanks and confidence aviis carried.

Mi- W. T. Cotton, a candidate for the nutf, addressed a gathering at Petone to-night, and received a rather noisy reception, being continually interrupted.