VOTED WITH REFORM.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 14

VOTED WITH REFORM.

LABOUR MEMBERS IN HOUSE.

BUSES AND DAIRY CONTROL. UNITED MEMBER'S INDICTMENT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent,) WANGANUI, this day. Labour candidates have criticised the United party for supporting the Government in no-confidence motion's in the House, and in view of this Mr. W. A. Veiteh, the United candidate for Wanganui, has drawn attention to important legislation in which the Labour,party gave • its whole-hearted support to Reform. Mr. Veiteh said he took no exception to the Labour party doing this, for if they believed in supporting Mr. Coates' legislation they were entitled to do so. He merely, drew attention to them to show that while on the one hand the Labour party complained of not receiving his support on no-confidence motions, which had no legislative effect whatever, it had given its whole-hearted support to legislative enactments of the Reform party. ".'..,■ The Motor Omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, said Mr. Veiteh, was a case in point. In connection with that measure a supporter of the Reform party had made, the startling accusation that the Act would give a particular company in the Auckland district au advantage which was worth £100,000. This Act had the effect of financially ruining a number of people in a most unjust way, yet it had the whole-hearted support of the Labour party. The legislation setting up the Dairy Control Board, which was one' of the most serious interferences with the liberties of the people ever enacted outside of Russia, and which had had the effect of seriously injuring New Zealand's dairy produce market in Britain, had been forced through Parliament by the Government, vigorously supported by the Labour party. They had also given their support to the Naturalisation of Aliens Bill, introduced by the Government last session. -This bill took away from the New Zealand Government the right to'choose its own l citizens.Mr. Veiteh explained that so far as his party was concerned they had no objection to. foreigners of good character coming into.New Zealand, but.they con l sidered it was\wrorig in principle to take from the, Parliament of New_ Zealand the right to say who shall and Vho shallnot be admitted to full citizen's rights in. New Zealand. v." '■• ~... ....