POLITICAL POINTS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 48, 27 October 1925, Page 3

POLITICAL POINTS

GENERAL NOTES.

WAIPAWA SEAT.

Sir George Hunter, M.P. is to deliver his first speech in Waipukurau, as ap plied to the present election campaign, on Thursday night.

Despite counter-attractions, there was a fair attendance at Mr W. A. Chambers’ meeting at Haumoana on Friday night. He received a cordial reception. At the close he received a unanimous vote of thanks. The candidate will address the electors at Havelock North on the night before the election, after speaking at Waimarama and Maraetotara in the afternoon. Mr W. A. Chambers was nominated on Saturday last as Nationalist candidate for the Waipawa Electorate. Those who nominated him were Mrs I. Tansey and Messrs Goodger, Langridge, Hunt, and Tansey. STANDS FOR FUSION. The fusion proposals were briefly touched on by Mr J. A. Nash, M.P. (Reform), at Palmerston North. After stating what had been done, Mr Nash said he felt certain the Reform and National parties would eventually link up. He paid a tribute to the Nationalists in their efforts to bring about fusion —they had acted honestly and in a straightforward manner. It was simply that the difference between the two parties could not be overcome, ana the result was that fusion fell to the ground. LABOUR LEADER. The Labour Leader, Mr H. E. Holland, in touching on taxation , recently, said that the Government had given relief totalling £150,000, but of this, £67,228 wont to 28 persons —to the big men only. Similarly, income tax relief had benefited but 12 taxpayers to the extent of £33,930, and the Bank of New Zealand had been remitted £60,000. The workers paid for this through excise and Customs duties. This election would be the greatest clash in the Dominion ’s' history. WARD WANTED. - The return of Sir Joseph Ward to the political field will (says the Wellington ‘‘Post”) be welcomed by many people who take a broad view of national interests. In recent years Parliament has lacked the ■ well-informed financial criticism so essential for safe management which Sir Joseph Ward could supply. Finance has so important a bearing upon all aspects of national life and prosperity that the correction of this weakess is urgently necessary. Sir Joseph Ward is fully qaulified to help in this direction, and it is hoped that the people of Invercargill will seize the opportunity to return to the House of Representatives a man who is able to give distinguished service, not to Southland only, but to the whole of New Zealand.

fighting fund. Mr Holland’s ambition to collect £25,000 for the Labour Party’s election campaign attracted a “dig” from the Hon. A. D. McLeod when he was at Waikouaiti. “The Reform Party, in all its camapigns,” declared the Minister, ‘ ‘ has never started with half that amount. ” (The Nationalists, erstwhile Liberals, usually fare worst of all —being neither for Capital nor antagonistic to constructive and Patriotic Labour.—Editor.) MR McNICOL AT PORANGAHAU. Mr McNicol, the Reform candidate for the Pahiatua scat, addressed the electors at Porangahau on Saturday evening last. Although the weather was unfavourable for the occasion, there was a very good attendance, and Mr McNicol received quite a good hearing. Mr White presided, and at the close of the meeting, Mr Hawthorn proposed and Mr Collins seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr McNicol. and. confidence in Mr Coates’ party. I . MANAWATU ELECTORATE. I FOXTON, This Day. ! Nominations for the Manawatu Electorate are: —P. L. Hollings, Na- ‘ tional; J. Linklater (sitting), Reform; B. Roberts, Labour.