THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17554, 8 November 1928, Page 7

THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

i THE LABOUR CANDIDATE. DEATH OF HIS MOTHER CALLED TO WELLINGTON CANCELLATION OF TWO MEETINGS Mr F W Schramm, the Official Labour candidate for the Hamilton seat, has received the sad news of the death in Wellington .this morning of his mother. , The late Mrs Schramm was one o the pioneer settlers of the West Coast of the South Island, where she arrived in the early sixties, from Victoria. She was a native of Ireland and was bb years of age. Owing to the bereavement Mr Schr&mm will be called away to Wellington and will leave for the south tonight. . Mr Schramm's meetings, at Fairfield to-night and Liberty Hall, Ross'trevor Street, on Friday evening, have been cancelled. Mr Schramm will continue his campaign on his return from Wellington.

SUCCESSFUL MEETING. AT NAWTON HALL. Mr F. W. Schramm, the Official Labour Candidate for Hamilton, in continuation of his successful campaign, addressed another well-attended and appreciative audience at Nawton Hall last night. The candidate again stressed the importance of not being misled by newspaper propaganda. The issue was one between Reform and Labour. Labour was the official opposition and was the only possible alternative Government. All those voters desirous of defeating the Coates Administration should vote Labour, so as to make sure that the Labour candidate is successful. The candidate dealt, with the various planks of the Labour Party's platforrr, including the Stale bank, invalid-. ity insurance, unemployment, insurance, and workers' compensation as a national scheme. . lie strongly condemned the Government for its reduction of the wages of public servants and other workers. He criticised the advances to settlers' department for its delay in dealing with applications for loans, some of which were 18 months to - years in arrears. Mr Schramm criticised the manifesto issued by the Reform Party three years ago; none of the promises had been kept. The Prime Minister promised to suppress trusts, but nothing had been done to carry out this promise. The Labour Party had a land policy which stood for the benefit of the people of New Zealand. They stood for the farmer and wage worker and not for the exploiter or the man who farmed the farmer. At the conclusion of the address, which was punctuated with applause, questions were asked and satisfactorily answered and a vote of thanks was passed to the candidate amidst, applause.

MR S. LYE AT LIBERTY HALL. ■nMOST ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. About 150 electors, ladies predominating, attended at Liberty Hall to hear Mr Lye's address. Mr R. Turpin was chairman, and briefly introduced the speaker. The address was on similar lines to previous ones, and was marked with much applause. The Reform Party's schemes to catch votes as against the people's interests was stressed, as was the tendency to pander to the rich squatter to the detriment of all. Mr Lye advocated a free breakfast table, all duties to be removed from foodstuffs. He spoke of the protective duty on wheat by a Minister who subsequently said he was a freetrader. The greatest need to-day was cheap money, coup Jed with a land settlement policy. Sir Joseph Ward's cheap money and Mr Lye's group system of .settlement was, the candidate contended, a model combination to ensure permanent prosperity. Mr Lye outlined trie farcical history of the pig subsidy, where a subsidy of £30,000 was given to the farmers and then recaptured by the duly on pig food. In the finish the bulk of the £30,000 was gained by (be trusts by a reduction in shipping freights. The Government scheme of small holdings for poultry farmers was made abortive by the crushing duly on wheat. In answer (o questions, Mr Lye said fie was always a Liberal. He would vole with the United Party under Sir Joseph Ward, but on a noconfldencc motion would vote with any party to put. out Reform. He was paying his own expenses throughout, and was determined not to go to Parliament with his hands lied" nor as a pledged agent for any party. A hearty vote of thanks and confidence was proposed by Mr p ( ; Heagley, seconded by .Mr ,|. \y iiarp and carried uanimously with applause and cheers. A hearty vote of thanks to the chairman was carried by acclamation.