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"ELECTIONEERING."

LABOUR AND UNEMPLOYED. DEMAND FOR 14/- A DAY. "WOULD COST TEN MILLIONS." (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. According to a statement made in the House last night by Mr. G. C. Munns (Government, Roskill), it would cost New Zealand £10,000,000 annually to accede, to Labour's demand that every unemployed man should be given work by the Government at 14/ a day. Mr. Munns characterised the proposition as being "absolutely ridiculous," and one that had its' origin in electioneering.

Mr. J. O'Brien (Labour, Westland) You yourselves said it would be done.

Mr. Munns said it was a pity that an attempt should bo made to extract political capital out of the unemployed. The Labour party seemed to resent any references to Australia, but they could not get over the fact that under a Labour Government in New South Wales men, women and children were living in shelters and shanties. That showed that even a Labour Government could not cope with the situation. The question was a national one, and it was regrettable that all parties could not get together to deal with it.

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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 166, 16 July 1931, Page 9

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"ELECTIONEERING." Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 166, 16 July 1931, Page 9

"ELECTIONEERING." Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 166, 16 July 1931, Page 9