PARTY'S AIMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 141, 17 June 1938, Page 3

PARTY'S AIMS.

LEADER'S ADDRESS. FREEDOM AND SECURITY. NATIONAL POLICY OUTLINED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) XEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. The fact that the National party •stood for freedom and security was emphasised by the Leader of the Oppoj sition, the Hon. A. Hamilton, when he | adiliert-ed ;i meeting to-nijrlit. The j Opera House was full, about l."H)0 | people Ikmiijj present, while many hun- ] <heds were unable to j:ain admission to ■ the hall. Mime remaining outside to listen by means of the loud-speaker eervii't?. I Mr. Hamilton was given a very good: . i hearinjr, ami at the coiiclu-iou of hW* ; | address a vote of thanks to him and ; i confidence in and support for the I .j National party wa<= carried by aeclania- ■ i tion. with apiiarently only a small prol I portion of dissentients. "The Dominion is heading towards a : J totalitarian State, not one on the lines i j of Hitler or Mussolini, but on the linen i of that of Stalin,"' said Mr. Hamilton. I Referring to a reported statement by I the Minister of Labour, the Hon. H. T. ■ Arm* tron.i:, that the Labour f'overnment • had not increased taxation, but that . the yield w«* greater because of the * higher national income, Mr. Hamilton i ipioted the Uudjret speech of the. Hon. W. Nasli, when lie said that to meet f the pension* inereasen he wouhl raise - an additional million by income tax and the. balance by land tax. Mr. Arm- , i strolls'* statement therefore \v«s incor- ! reel and the Government had increased taxation. The controversy over the alleged dosing of the Post Office Savings Hank! I accounts while he was Postmaster- ] ~ (ieneral was mentioned by Mr. i 1 Ifamilton, who raid Mr. Savage had j accepted his correction, but Mr. Jones hud subsequently taken the matter up. While travelling the country he had not access to all the newspapers, but J when he had the opportunity he would reply to Mr. Jones on thi* matter.