QUESTIONS ASKED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1938, Page 10

QUESTIONS ASKED.

MR. WALKER AT TE ATATU.

TIIMSK £100 MARRIAGE LOANS. It was not all plain sailing at Mr. Maxwell S. Walker's opening meeting at Te Atatu Hall last evening. Mr. Walker is the National candidate f >r Auckland Suburbs. Some of his listeners found it hard to believe that the National party could she added benefits to the community without increased taxation, and when Mr. Walker outlined the £100 loans scheme with which his party would encourage young people to have homes and families there were loud cries of. "What about the old fellows?" "Too late," said Mr. Walker. \oices; Where's the £100 coming from, anyway? I he National party. Mr. Walker said, held within its ranks a great number of young people. This was to him one of the healthiest signs of all. It represented the moderate thought of the country anil of those who were alarmed at the trend of Socialism. A Voice: They are not all young people. lot of the members of the old National party are still there. in the event of another war there would be regimentation of wealth as well as of man power, Mr. Walker said. ".fust as there was in the last war. when the National party was in power?" someone asked. Mr. Walker agreed that la«t tJme wealth was certainly -lot regimented. "The same men will do fhr same thing again." an inter jeetor declared. Mr. Walker: No. There is new blood. Air. Walker outlined a number of the fundamental principles of his party's policy, defence, land settlement and pensions coining under discussion. In Ills outline of adequate defence plans for the community Mr. Walker spoke of the intention to build another cruiser, develop the Air Force, encourage the territorial system and institute voluntary training for women in first aid and other useful occupations. Another interruption came when Mr. Walker mentioned proposed widows' and orphans' pensions.

A Voice: You didn't bother «o much about the widows and orphans last time. Whats brought about the change of heart?

His party intended to net up « Ministry of Social Welfare, Mr. Walker s»*i! !° c ° T lin . aU B P° rtß "ocieties, Piimket and Karitane work, with the ®? ° f rßifl . in ? the standard of health •flu fitness in the community. * A vote of thanks and confidence in the speaker was passed.