DEMOCRAT PARTY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 256, 12 August 1935, Page 3

DEMOCRAT PARTY

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

REFERENCE TO “CONTRETEMPS”

(Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, August 10,

Mr A. E. Davy, chief executive officer of the Democrat political organisation, has been authorised by the Dominion executive to issue a statement which says, inter alia : “The progress of the party! is apparently causing grave concern to its political opponents. The little contretemps at Rotorua is one liable to occur with a party for which many candidates aspire to stand and the executive has the fullest confidence in the Auckland divisional executive.

“Regarding Mr Goodfellow, his opinions, after all, are entirely his own. What will or will not be done will be decided by the Democrat organisation. A conference of candidates here on August 21 will discuss political matters. The canard that there is any real dissension is too ridiculous for words. In every party there may be a few people with divergent opinions, but the problems of the National Socialists and Labour Socialists are greater than those of the Democrat party.” The executive professes to be amused at the efforts of opponents to damage the party. NO PART IN POLITICS. MR 0. J. PARLANE’S DENIAL. HAMILTON, August 10. Interviewed to-day, Mr C. J. Parlane, general manager of the New Zealand' Co-operative Dairy Company, gave an emphatic denial to a statement appearing in a newspaper to the effect that in February last he requested Mr H. H. Corbin to accept nomination for the Rotorua seat in the interests of the Democrat party. Mr Par lane said that as Mr Corbin was totally unknown to him he could regard the statement as a flight of imagination or the meanderings of a partisan political press. He added that neither himself, personally, nor the company was taking any part in politics. THE OTAKI SEAT. WELLINGTON, August 11. The selection of the National Political Federation’s candidate to contest the Otaki seat was advanced a further stage on Saturday, when a meeting was held at Paekakariki. One nomination had been received, that of Mr George Alexander Monk, of Keikorangi, and later in the meeting that of Mr A. B. Sievwright, of Wellington, was submitted. Mr ML Appleton, also of Wellington, is to be invited to submit his name for selection.