A WARNING.
MANUKAU RESULT. "HATS OFF" TO LABOUR. EXCEXXEN T ORGANISATION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. The chairman of the Dominion executive of the National party, Mr. C. H. Weston, Iv.C., in a statement on the result of the Manukau by-election, said that in his view the figures of the voting showed the beginning of a swing away from the existing Government.
The election was very keenly fought and, as far as the National party was concerned, its candidate was a good one, the organisation excellent, and the cooperation between the Parliamentary party and the Dominion and Auckland executives of the warmest character. "But we must take our hats off to the Labour organisation," said Mr. Weston. "I suppose the New Zealand Labour political machine to-day is probably the most perfect of its kind in the world. Everything was attended to down to the last detail. With a contribution from compulsory unions its funds are ample, and it can afford, including trade union organisers, as distinct from secretaries, to have over two hundred organisers working in New Zealand at the present time, keen, efficient, and well paid. To the National party it is an example and a warning."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 13
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