FEDERAL ELECTION

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 18 September 1929, Page 7

FEDERAL ELECTION

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. MAJOR JARVIE’S RESIGNATION. SENSATION IN ASSEMBLY. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). Received September 18, 9.20 a.m. SYDNEY. Sept. 18. The latest election developments are as follow: Mr Windeyer, K.C., as the People’s Party nominee, will oppose Mr Parkhill, the Nationalist organiser. Dr. Nott is certain to be selected as an opponent against Mr W. M. Hughes. Messrs Marks and Hughes have sent in their nominations to the Nationalists. The Prime Minister, Mr S. M. Bruce, will open his New South Wales champaign at Chatswood, the centre of Mr Hughes’s electorate. The resignation of Major Jarvie (member for Ashfield) after an impassioned address in defence of his honour—the address lasted two hours —caused a sensation in the Legislative Assembly last evening. Major Jarvie later announced that it was his intention to stand for re-election. He will be opposed by a Labour candidate, Mr E. McTiernan, the ex- Attorney General. Major Jarvie was concerned in the recent ’bus bribery scandals. .Craving the leave of the House, he opened his address in a dramatic manner, declaring that the findings against him were based on deliberately perjured evidence. Mr Justice Davidson had been deliberately misled. “I have been the victim of a cleverlyconcocted conspiracy,” he said, “and I say before you and my God that I am absolutely innocent of conspiracy.' There was general uproar when Major Jarvie formally tendered his resignation and left the Chamber.

MR BRUCE’S POLICY SPEECH

SYDNEY", Sept, 17. The Prime Minister, Mr S. M. Bruce, will deliver his policy speech to-morrow night at Dandenong -a week earlier than originajly arranged. Afterwards Mr Bruca will travel by aeroplane to Brisbane, and hick to Victoria. . A new party has been formed. It is avowedly nationalist in sentiment, and is to be called the Australian People’s Party. The party lias decided to contest five seats in the neighbourhood of Sydney, but will not oppose Messrs Hughes and Marks. The personnel of the party leaders and prospective candidates have not yet been announced. The Labour Party to-day decided on an intensive campaign with the object of winning eight Federal seats. Until the election is over all State issues and union politics will be discarded. MAJOR MARR’S PREDICAMENT. (Australian Press Association.) Received September 18, 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 17. Major C. W. Marr, Australia’s delegate to the League of Nations, has abandoned the idea of dashing home by air, and will embark on the Ontranto. Lord and Lady Craigavon are passengers on the Ontranto. A cable message yesterday stated: Major Marr, who will be‘. unable to reach Australia before the election, is trying to communicate with Captain Kingsford Smith, who is on the Continent, for the purpose of flying to Australia. Major Marr has cabled his Parliamentary friends asking them to look after his electorate. He is confident that his supporters will rally to his aid in his ill-luck.