CAMPAIGN QUIPS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 282, 28 November 1931, Page 14

CAMPAIGN QUIPS.

POINTS FROM SPEECHES.

WHAT CANDIDATES ARE

SAYING.

HARBOUR BRIDGE TRAMS,

"I told the bridge commission- that provision should be made for the trains. When the bridge is built, and if the people want the trams to run across to the North Shore, then they should have their way."—Mr. J. A. C. Allum, Inde-, pendent Reform.Coalition candidate for Auckland West, at his Franklin Road meeting last-night. TWO CLUCKY HENS. / "Three years ago the United candidates told you they had a wonderful golden egg, from which they would hatch all sorts of wonderful things," said Mr. V. H. Potter,. Independent candidate for Eden, to his audience at the Methodist Hall, Dominion Road. "For two years they put one clucky hen to sit on it, but nothing good came out, and then they got another clucky lien, and it didn't hatch anything, either."' AGIN' THE COALITION. "How would you vote in the event of a no-confidence motion being moved against the Coalition Government?" was a question put to Mr. J. A. Arthur,, Independent candidate for Auckland East, at his Khyber Pass meeting. ... Mr. Arthur said that irrespective of who moved the motion he would vote to put the present Government out of office. "KITTY" VISIBLE AT 9.15. Some points in favour of daylight saving were put forward by Mr. J. A. Arthur, Independent candidate for Auckland East, when asked if he were in favour of extending the period to one hour. As compared with the South Island, he pointed out, Auckland has no twilight. The extra half hour, he said, did not even put Northerners 011 a level with the people in the South Island, where the "kitty" could be plainly seen at 9.15 p.m. "THE WRECKED SHIP." "New Zealand is like a partly wrecked ship," eaid Mr. H. R. Mackenzie, Independent Coalition United candidate for Auckland West, at his Heme Bay meeting. "The call went forth for all men to man the pump and to a man'the United and Reform parties sprang to their posts. I think Labour also should have rallied round, and I am convinced that they will be given another chance. When Parliament meets again, Mr. Forbes will ask them to co-operate and they should do as all good Britishers are doing." "MUST WIN ONE DAY." Mr. J. W. Yarnall, Labour candidate for Parnell, discussed an interesting question at Remuera. "The Labour party must win one day," he declared, "as their candidates, are. keenly interested in politics, and make a life-long study of social problems.. The older parties will fail because they rely upon business men for their standard-bearers. Are business men necessarily a success as politicians? President Hoover, a typical business man, is not one of America's most successful presidents. Men who make a hobby of politics,, giving only the odd moments of their lives to the affairs of their country, are not the kind of rulers the nations demand to-day!" IN INTERESTS OF ALL. "It is futile talking in-terms of Coalition. The only tenable system can be that administered by a, straight-, out National Government," stated Mr. J. S. Fletcher, Independent candidate for Grey Lynn, at his Western Springs meeting. "We all recall the statement of Mr. Massey in 1919, after his experiences of the coalition for war purposes, that no Government comprised of two parties could possibly be successful. The only hope was ..for a National Government. The Independent group in the House has already declared for a National Government with an elective executive. By this means the best talent for Parliament would be at the disposal of the country, working for the interests of all the people all the time." (Applause.) • LABOUR OPPOSES COMMUNISM. "Labour's policy is designed to fit present-day conditions, and it will do me," said Mr. M. J. Savage, Labour candidate for Auckland West, when asked for his opinion on Communism at his England Street meeting. "The present system will not last long, but we cannot let everything go at once, as the Communists maintain. I therefore do not stand for Communism. The history of government all over the world, however, shows that Socialism is in the process of steady growth, and in spite of what many wiseacres may say, they cannot stop it. Social responsibilities are increasing, and are being increasingly accepted. The State is taking, up step-by step the task which private enterprise hag failed to carry out; and Labour holds that this can best be done by constitutional means." ABSORBING UNEMPLOYED. A cure for unemployment was proposed by Mr. V. H. Potter, Independent candidate for Eden, at his Dominion Road meeting, when he advocated the extension of secondary industries as a means of settling the problem. Such a move, he said, would absorb many children now leaving school in manufacturing trades; In order to aid the development of industry, he advocated the placing of protective duties clothing and woollen goods, biscuits,'sweets, j£ms, pickles and sauces, as long as the manufacturers . guaranteed a certain quality and price to the Government. Over £1,000,000 could be obtained immediately for'up-to-date machinery, the output would be increased, .and the 50,000 unemployed would be absorbed. EDEN DIFFERENCES. The Independent Reform candidate for Eden, Mr. R, Glover-Clark, took an early opportunity. at his. Walters Road meeting to refute certain statements appearing in the ; Press. ' "There is a certain old gentleman ; who has the reputation of finding work for: idle hands to do," said the candidate, v My opponent, Mr. A. J. Stallworthy, in the absence of a policyto occupy his time, has fallen .into theerror, of making certain .direct misstatements about myself. Mr. Stall - worthy stated that circulars of a secretarian nature had been distributed by canvassers and that my name appeared in the circular with my, previous consent. This is untrue. My opponent not only exhibited two circulars at his Epsom meeting, but demonstrated con-j fused thinking by mixing up a 'state-1 ment made by me that he had success-1 fully cast'his vote against the possibili-! tie? of a reduction in the wheat duties I and a quarrel that he has with an or-' •ganisation of which, I understand, lie! was proud to be the president. I stand for all sections of the community,"l added Mr. Glovcr-C'lark, "and desire the support of all." (Applause.) j

PIONEERING SPIRIT. 1 "Is the candidate in favour of six hours work a day?" was one of the questions put to Mr. H. P. Burton, Independent Coalition Reform candidate for Auckland East. "I say definitely no," replied the candidate. "It is time everyone understood that we are not going to get anywhere along 'easy street.' We want some of the spirit of the pioneers." NO PERSONALITIES. Mr. A. E. Robinson, Country party candidate for Kaipara, telegraphs to 'the "Star": —"Emphatically protest, against your Whangarei correspondent's statements that I have introduced personalities. I have not once- referred to my political opponent in his personal capacity, and only once have had to give my personal record, in reply to a question." IDLE LANDS. The practice of buying private estates whilst there were 37,000,000 acres of Crown .lands still to be settled was roundly condemned by Mr. A. S. Richards, Labour candidate for Roskill, at his Mount Albert meeting. The candidate said the Coalition stood con- [ demned on its land policy because the Minister of Lands admitted there were 10,000,000 acres of land occupied but not producing, and several millions which ought to bring revenue to the State. "Yet," added Mr. Richards, "the Ministry gave thousands in relief of land taxes' to squatters holding land out of production. Labour will reimpose the graduated land tax and break up huge estates', as did Ballance and Seddon." THE BRITISH ELECTIONS. "The British elections were a triumph for Snowden and Mac Donald rather than for the Conservatives," said Mr. M. J. Savage, Labour candidate for Auckland West, in reply to a question at his England Street meeting. "If those two men had not left their party to join the Tories, it would have been a very different story. The elections were the greatest betrayal of Laoour and Liberal principles in the history of Britain, and I sincerely hope that New Zealand will never see the like."

A COUNTERSIGN. "You complain that the Coalition Ministry asks for a blank cheque. Are you not doing the same?" asked a ques--tioner at the Green Lane meeting of Mr. W. C. Hewitt,-Independent candidate for Parnell. "No," replied Mr. Hewitt, "I am asking you to empower me to countersign the .cheque." EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION. "Can the candidate tell us of one Independent who has done any good in the House?" was a question asked of Mr. W. C. Hewitt, Independent candidate for Parnell, at Green Lane. ' / "Yes," replied Mr. Hewitt. "In the days of the Seddon Government the late Mr. T. E. Taylor formed an effective Opposition and kept the Government on the straight road." "SBOCK TO INVESTORS." Referring to the high standing of New Zealand credit in London, Mr. A. J. Stallworthy, Coalition United candidate for Eden, speaking in the Jubilee Hall, Kingsland, said the investing public in New Zealand and abroad did not consider it safe to lend money to a Government that was not strong and stable. They were frightened that Labour might take the reins of office, "with Communists behind pushing it along." "You can imagine the shock received by millions of British people who had lent New South Wales money," he said, "when they read in the newspapers of that Government's default." THEN AND NOW. "The Conservative attack against the policy of the Liberals under Seddon was no less bitter than the attacks levelled by the Coalition against the Labour programme to-day, and' there were at that time similar prophecies that the policy would be disastrous," said Mr. H. G. R. Mason, Labour candidate for Auckland Suburbs, at New Lynn. After quoting criticisms from the Press in 1891, Mr. Mason added: "Yet when Seddon put his policy into operation this country experienced' a period of prosperity and social progress, unparalleled in its history." (Applaiise.)

TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS. Meetings .announced for to-nlglit are as • under,, the, .time .fixed being ,eight o'clock, unless otherwise indicated: — Auckland Central. —H.T. Qongdon (CU), St. Matthew's Hall; W. E. Parry (L), St. Benedict's Hal; J. H. Edwards (Com.), France Street and . Canada Street (7.0). Auckland East.—H. P. Burton (ICR), Airedale Mission Hall; P. W. Schramm (L), Canterbury Place (7.30), .St. George's Bay Road (9.0); J. A. Arthur (I), corner Park Road and Grafton Road (7.0), St. Andrew's Hall, Symonds Street; Miss E. Melville (W), corner O'Rorke Street and Princes Street (7.30). Auckland Suburbs. —R. H. Marryatt (CR), Henderson Valley School (7.0), Te Atatu Methodist Church Hall (8.30). Auckland West. —M. J. Savage (L), Leys Institute, Gymnasium H a HEden.—A. J. Stallvvorthy (CU), St. Alban's Hall, Dominion Road; R. Glover-Clark (IR), St. Barnabas' Hall, Bellevue Road, Mount Eden; W. T. Anderton (L), corner Cambourne Road and King Edward Street (7.30) > corner Alba Road and The Drive, Epsom; V. H. Potter (I), corner Sylvan Avenue and Wynyard Road. Grey'Lynn.—J. S. Fletcher (I), St. Cuthbert's Hall, Westmere. Manukau. —S. RicKards (CR), Methodist Hall, Greenwood's Corner; W. J. Jordan (L), Roskill School, Three Kings. Roskill.—G. C. Munns (CU), corner Owairaka Avenue and Mount Albert Road (7.0), Sandringham terminus; A. S. Richards (L), Roskill School, Three Kings; W. J. Holdsworth' (I), Kingston Hall, Dominion Road. Waitemata ; —A. Harris (CR), school house, Glenfield; A. G. Osborne (L), Castor Bay. * » Hauraki.—C. R. Petrie (L), Manga - tangi. Franklin. —J. N. Massey (CR), Paerata Public Hall (7.30), Patumahoe Memorial Hall; J. H. Edwards - (IL), Waiuku Oddfellows' Hall.