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She's Campaigmung
on Claret
.-DoCtor's Orders, Says
Christi n Candidate
It s not' water, tea, or milk that sus-i
tains 'Mrs. H. , Ravenscrffo (Christian
mon-party candidate for the Senate). It's
claret. .
- :'"There's .no lemonade, or: miik with an.
occasional game of bowls to keep my.
"e?cker up," Mrs. Ravenscr6ft told a
•meeting of unemployed at the Labor
Exchange . today. "I. am getting treat
ment from Adelaiie Hospital because I
am run down, and it's claret-with rations
to- "top it up that I'm campaigning on.
"I had a lemon before I- left home to
clear my throat. I don't know what
SI'll have on -Sunday for the meetiiig at
Botanic Park.' I'in goinrg to see the doc
tor 1before then, and maybe. :he can put
a :ttle extra in," she, said. ? -:'
"What cah you- do' if orou get -in thei
Senate?" asked one: man.'
S'' can buttonhole· the members -in.the
lobbies and say,/ 'I want' to- have: wobrd
with you.', And T'll pulint ip ''such' a fight
outside the seat that when they get back:
into those velvet pews they'l? feel* most
nmcomfortable,' she replied.
Inteirjector--They might ask you to have
a _ame of billiards. . .
IMrs. Ravenseroft-T-. don't: klm w t t ,he
Sfirst thing about the game.' Then th'ev
might ask me .to have a.little~ drop of
something else-but I ioi't go£in for that
except under doctors' orders:' They might
invite me into the smokerooni--but I don't
(moke.
(Continued on Pages 3* :and 5)__
::O THER FAGE ?Oter ±'?ews,:ageS, .CommeiU~~f.rclal Cross~oras, ·aid W~eather, ·4 , :Ildrer, 6,Cabes,< ?, Sportn,8ad9, ?om en s, 10,:S~erial StolryT 11 P-ictures, 12.·:1
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FEDERAL ELECTIONS
(Continued from Page I) . .. .
- Campaigner Who Emphasised His
Views With a Stockwhip

- .. .~ ' - "'PERTH, Today.
FROM the 1931 election campaign West
ern Aust~ralia misrses the most. original
ahd most Picturesque campaigner of its
history,l Mr. John Joseph M'Coo, Mr.
,M'Coo's views and methods were as- novel
as ,his appearance." He canvassed thed
electorate of Perth in 1928 and 1929 from
the back of a horse and flourished a stock
-whip. to emphasis& his views. Unfor
tunately Mr. M'Coo ran last in the race
for the Perth seat. both years, and. al
though his name. was mentioned -some
little time ago as a poshible candidate for
the approaching election, evidently his
previous kiefeats- discouraged him. The
campaign is not the brighter for his ab
sence.
One of -the most iqteresting candidates
-is Mr: Cirly]e Ferguson, candidate for
Swan, who- designates himself. the.Groper
Non-Party Movement adherent,'.and who:
would remove, the shackles of party gov
ernnient and infuse more brotherly co
hesion into the'game of politics. -.
A: nother candidate for Swan is Mr. A. G.t
Reynolds, who; if successful, would add

another -to the list of practical farmers '
in the House:of. Representatives. He is.
a prominent sheep-breeder. If Sir. George
Pearce finds hiS: way back to the SenatE
he will improve his ?already reniarkable
political record. He was elected sdnator, ?
for this State iii the First Commonwbaltl
Parliament in Matich, 1901, and has seen
service as Minister .over many yearsel H
will, if re-elected, have a chance to :com
plete 36 years' continuous Parliamel?tar:.
duties . . - . - .
Mr. E Needham, who was leader of the
Labor opposition in the Senate, when he
lost.his seat in 1928, is again the leader;
of Labor's Senate team in this,. State,
Three years :ago he toppd tihe list 6f
first preference votes nwith 53,585 agiainst
Sir Hal. Colebatch's 47,462, hut the; comin
bined 'numbers of the Nationalist-COuiiti
Party team sufficed to bring about the de
feat of him and his colleagues.
In view of the Scullin Government's'ele
ration to power-, 12 monthS later, Mir..
Needham doubtless regards the 1928 elec
tion outcome as one of the most unfor
tunate mischances of his varied political
career. -

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