ELECTION ISSUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 268, 12 November 1935, Page 11

ELECTION ISSUE.

"FANCIFUL SCHEMES. ,,

LABOUR PARTY ATTACKED.

PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CARTERTON, this day. Mr. Savage was going about the country criticising the Government, but the Labour party had refused to face the necessity of doing unpopular things to save the country, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Forbes) at the State Theatre last night. More than 250 people gave Mr. Forbes a rousing welcome, and Mrs. Forbes was presented with a bouquet of roses. Instancing the defeat of Labour Governments in Britain and Australia, Mr. Forbes said the electors of New Zealand now had to determine whether Labour, with its financial schemee, was to bo given an opportunity to control the nation's financial affairs. Referring to "the insinuations and innuendoes from political platforms in the Wairarapa concerning the exchange rate," Mr. Forbes gave a flat denial to the assertion that a certain stock company had made a fortune through receiving advance information about the Government's decision to raise the rate. The Prime Minister also replied to criticism that the Government had been like a si>»vmill as regards the production of boards, and claimed that their establishment had been justified. A Voice: They've all got the borer, George. (Laughter.) A vote of thanks and confidence was declared carried by acclamation, but there were dissenting voices. "Get Ria of the Jews." Speaking at Martinborough, Mr. Forbes said that the question whether the banking and financial system was to be placed under political control with the prospect of unbridled inflation was the vital issue of the election. An Elector: Git rid of the Jews, sir. Mr. Forbes: I have found that some of the best citizens of New Zealand are men of Jewish descent, but all the country's troubles must be thrown on somebody. The Elector: The Jews are to blame Tom the beginning to end. You are in a position to kick them out. Mr. Forbes: A similar suggestion was made to me when I was in America, and I said there that the Jews in New Zealand were a very patriotic people, and held the respect of their fellow citizens. The Elector: So they ought to be. They have all the money and control it. Mr. Forbes: If you look through the list of people controlling the financial affairs of New Zealand you'll find more Scotsmen than Jews. (Laughter.) He had been charged with deserting his old party, he continued, but any man who in a crisis put party before the country's interests was only a poor imitation of a Liberal.