The New Zealand Country Party The Safety, Honour and Welfare of our Dominion and our Empire are in your hands next — Vote for the COUNTRY PARTY MR. H. O. MELLSOP fBI^HHBII. FOR FRANKLIN. . '" :^^^mi *9#' MR. D. R. F. CAMPBELL W ' /; FOR ROTORUA... '. Abolition of Rating Construction and on land used for ■ - Maintenance of Agriculture. Roads, Bridges, etc., mr. h. m. rush worth to be a National Work. - FOR BAY OF ISLANDS. ;.v t " ; : • " ' : " ■-••.. •; - • .. .••> - MR. S. N. ZIMAN MR. A. E. ROBINSON MR. F. COLBECK FOR WAIKATO. ••; FOR KAIPARA. FOR TAUR.ANGA. Main Points of the Country Party Policy— 1. An immediate reduction of 25 %, with a view to the ulti- Parliament shall have been elected by a majority of the mate abolition of all protective tariffs, on imports from votes of his constituents. Great Britain and any other parts of ' the Empire 5_ Voting on all questions involving more than two issues reciprocating. to be on the preferential voting system. . *2. A searching inquiry into our system of banking,-currency 6. Complete derating of all farm lands for roading purand credit, with a view to arriving at satisfactory and poses, and a charging of the .costs.to the users of the roads, stable conditions, and the establishment of an Empire 7_ J\ vigorous land settlement policy: with iregard to our currency. unused lands as soon as the existing high Costs are suf3. The changing of the basis of taxation, as far as possible, ficiently lowered., . - ;.i r?.r " • r."/r'S •--*• •"• from indirect to direct, by means of a universal income 8 An all round reduction to meet the lowered income, tax. including drastic economies in cost of Government, and 4. Electoral reform, so as to provide that each Member of a recognition of the principle of equality of sacrifice. Do not give any Government without a declared policy on the major questions a blank cheque without at the same time returning a sufficient number of independent men definitely pledged to a sound policy. NEXT WEDNESDAY—
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 282, 28 November 1931, Page 13
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