LABOUR IN ROSKILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 258, 31 October 1928, Page 11

LABOUR IN ROSKILL.

An attentive hearing was given Mr. A. S. Richards Labour candidate for Roskill, who spoke at Harlston Road, Mount Albert. In criticising Reform and the United party finance, the candidate said Reform had borrowed £5,2<">0,000 yearly for 16 years, had been severely condemned by Sir Joseph Ward from time to time, and now, on the hustings, Sir Joseph wished electors to forget his warnings and trust him to increase indebtedness by borrowing seven to eight millions yearly. The only difference between Reform and United was that one was in and the other out, and between the battle the taxpayers were used only for party purposes.

Deception and deceit characterised the Reform attitude towards the masses, said Mr. Richards. He cited a case of a mother of eleven children, eight of whom were entitled to the 2/ weekly allowance, yet after waiting three months the mother had received word that only 10/ weekly would be allowed for the eight children. How could £2 3/4 per month feed, clothe and educate eight children? The father had been out of work for nearly two years. Such treatment was disgraceful, and not in keeping with promises made in 1925.

Mr. Richards was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence, with accompanying cheers.