N.Z.'S FINANCES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 9

N.Z.'S FINANCES.

STRUCTURE SHAKING.

CANDIDATE'S CHARGES. BY-ELECTION ADDRESS. ißv T.-I.^ra;-h—l'r-s* A«i-o-l:it:---r.l OHRI>TIHI'Ri H. Thiir«Mlay. An audience of sumo hundreds applauded Mr. M. K. Lyon.-. National candidate for <_hristojumh South toniylii. He replied t" j-ix Cabinet Ministers aiul three other vjcit::i2 Labour parry r-peakors who have Mipported Mr. 11. XI. Macfarlane. the Labour candidate. Mr. L\ous H'ld hii. audiem-e thai the Lalx-ur t'aliim-tV. houw wa« now falling about its car*, and that the rinancial -triKtinv of the Dominion was .-baking liko a pa.-k i'f i-iii-d-. Tliif'. he .-aid. was «l!u- to tin* |'i'iii-y the Lal>i>ur jiariy put in!'- <•;■(•■, it imi in an attrnii'i '" koep Mime hi tiu> I'NtravajiJiu jiroinii-ivi made *I. i: ii J ._r tin , fK'ctiiUt. Tin , ran ip.ii 1:11 in 1110 l'.'S.'i fli'i-timi. ho -aid. h.i.l 1 •-.-1 ■11 one of tlu* tii'-w-t I'ifi-i-* of fnl~e ;>!■■!.■!![■(■- i-'.cr jiii; iiiTii-* in tin- coiin--1.;.. ;i.~ r.if ■•(-. ;■!!■ .-onl.l i;u\v i-li'ai'.y see. Mr. Lyojii> liii-n r> ;•!:<■(! t,i \i»itinjr T.i: ii:;- -; !■..'-.,■!-. •"Oik- iliin.- I will r-.iy, '. l;:i; if t lit-: f i- a M : .!:i-:«T in the pre--on-. (■(ncniuii'in wlm li.ik M>uipi!iing of S'.oui>ii -.ii;.ir;,v In- j> Mr. Fraft-r," said . Mr. on-. "Aiid )w ha- the lot. He r:n.-wi% w hfii '>'• just on the e-oit ;>odal i :uid whin not. lmt )io i« .1 littk- unfair 1 wiion 'i? attack* the doctor* in a politiI i ill wiion lie is ahum to meet I thcni in what to be a coiuiliation coiiiii-il. "Some Thorny Stuff." '"Tlip member for Thamo*." paid the ! r-pi-akcr. rotVrrinpr to Mr. .'. Thorn. M.P., "was. I ]!iii-i Miy. putting nvir some ivory thorny ftnlf. 1 would he had but Ifp'iki'ii rai'ii uiuht oi the campaign. 1 lliiiik then I tould ha\c coin rat tod a (l.h-e of intiiK'iiza. stayed at honu , and still have won. for he told the truth.

"He mentioned that all »ns not well with the finances of tlw country, and >|>oke of such things a> a major crisis. Unfortunately for me. he went on his way to organise, that string of Labour jiapcre. 1 am much indebted to him, and can pay: "Don't take my word about the !i!<aiicial position. _\*k Mr. Thorn or Dr. McMillan.'

"If ever thi« Driiiihik>n was deluded it was deluded by the Social Security Scheme. It is the purest charity. We were led to believe that everyone who paid in would in time of sicknesp and ilistrcnH be able to draw out as a matter of riplit and iint fif charity. This has Hut been >o. and it i> one of tiie most den i • l ' t * tliii!i- r -< and meanest things over put aiTOr>S by any jrovemment in anv uart <>f the world."

On the Hun. R. Semple. Mr. Lyone r»ai<l the (.i-rioiiei axped of the situatiou «■« that men >ucii Mr. Sfmple, who Wi-ii! -]ijii-itii>ip .it heart, were charged wit.ii the defence of the country. Mr. Ani'.strmijj. Mr. Lye.us r-aid, was endeav. ourjuf; in the country to sleep by .-ayiiif; that all was .aluiig nicely. Mr. Lyons vigorously criticised the policy of tiie Government and its liiiiineial jut-It ion. He tlij.L Mr. Sullivan should put him>elf beiore the price tribunal for raising the railj way freights lu per cent.

Keferrin;_' to Mr. Webb, Mr. Lyons criticised tiie scheme for bringing: land on the \Ve>t Coart into production by machinery when bettor land on the Canterbury ride of the -.Aljie was going out of production.

Rc-ferrin« to Mr. Savage's by-election r-peeehe<«, he said the i'rime Minister had by his policy imj roved the lot of a section of tlie people at the expense of inanv others.

Mr. Lyons was given an enthusiastic vote of thanks, and the meeting concluded with musical honours.