"ROAD TO BUILD."
THE GOVERNMENT'S PATH. BRITAIN IS WATCHING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. "Never in any other eight months in the history of this country have so many important Acts been written on the Statute Book," said the Hon. W. Nash, Minister of Finance, when speaking at a farewell function at Lower'JEfutt. "We are not going to wreck the country. We are definitely set on the road to build it up and make it the finest country in the world. New Zealanders' standard of , living is the highest in the world, but it can be much better." I Continuing, Mr. Nash said a remark-1 able tribute to the administration of the j Labour party was the voting at the j Manukau by-election. He was proud j that after the Government had written J what was imperative and important on : the Statute Book they should win the j seat by 4400 votes with a candidate not well known in Manukau. ! From what he had been told by an English visitor, if the Labour Government in New Zealand wins the votes of the people a second time Britain would have a Labour Government next time. New Zealand was a country in which the people of Britain were profoundly interested, and if Labour succeeded here its triuaiph would be twofold, '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 237, 6 October 1936, Page 7
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