"DELIVER THE GOODS"

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 140, 26 March 1930, Page 3

"DELIVER THE GOODS"

LABOUR AND GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE ON NO CONFERENCE. . (Special to the "Guardian.") AUCKLAND, March 25. Speaking at a district convention of Labour supporters at Ngatea (near Thames), Mr M. J. Savage, MP. for Auckland West, suggested that if the Government did not deliver the brand of "Oods required by the Labour Party when the next Parliamentary session opened, the Government would find itself without a home. Referring to the present state of the parties, Mr Savage said that the Government had survived one session of Parliament to date with the assistance of the Labour Party. Sometimes the Labour Party had voted for something it did not want, having been compelled to choose the lesser of two evils. At a conference of the Labour Party recently a motion had been passed urging Parliament to meet soon. Sir Joseph Ward had replied that it would meet at the usual time. •". When Parliament opened, Mr Coates would undoubtedly moye a vote of noconfidence, continued Mr Savage. The attitude of the 'Labour Party would depend on what the Government proposed to do. Unless it was prepared to "deliver the goods" Labour would take the first opportunity of putting it out. If the Government proposed to do what the Labour Party wanted, the Labour Party was not likely to vote against it. Labour expected the Government to redeem its election pledges, and would judge it on its proposed legislation. There were in the House three groups with a few Independents. Parliament was* no place for Independents. They were only a humbug.