"N.Z. BENEFITS."

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

"N.Z. BENEFITS."

LABOUR GOVERNMENT

MR. ANDERTON'S ADDRESS.

MEETING PLEDGES SUPPORT,

The claim that New Zealand had benefited under the Labour Government was made by Mr. W. T. Anderton. M.P., In an a.ldw* at the Mount Men C0n-.,,0-ational Hall last nifiht. lhf Hon. Adam Hamilton, ho *aid .was ™nt» n « al £ roitcratinjr that New Zealand « t e Ml*, of ruin, but the fart wt* that no onf coLu read the history of the two and a half years' government b> *f b «"' doubt that an improvement ha eon made in the country"* condition far exceeding anything that was expected by the Individuals who were tn rliv criticising Labour. Mr" Andorton admitted that lusher overseas i.riree had assisted in the record roi"l.Tly achieved, but there wa* io ioul.t that Labour on and policv bv *tiniuhitinjr production and fewer tuM.pJe unemployed in New Zaland o dav than there had been for year., ana that the income of the worker was hi-hiM- than it had ever been. -The <-n,t of living ha* pone upS you cannot have wapt-. and a low cost ~f liviii"," he "but from 195.) to 1<137 the increase in the cost of living ,va, 12..-, per rent, and the increase in w'a ? es"was 25 per rent. As lonpr « the Labour (Sovcrnmcnt is there it will alwavs endeavour to keep the rise in waoc'x above that of the cost of livin?. lJeuliii" with the guaranteed price and the compensated price, winch the National party was advocatni-, Mr. Anderton M id that in Taranak, recently !he had with farmers the guaranteed and the compensated price scheme*, and the general view was that tlicv couul not accept the compensated price, as they did not underrtnnd it, end {hope advocating it could not j.roduce tlie formula. . Mr was {riven an attentive h.-aiin? and at the close the meeting carried a vote of thanks and confidence in the speaker and pledged its support to the Labour party.