LESS SUPPORT FOR LABOUR

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 170, 21 July 1941, Page 2

LESS SUPPORT FOR LABOUR

NATIONAL LEADER'S COMMENT (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday t J-Z) vo , thir ] gs stand out in the Waiby'el ® ctlon '" sairl th e Leader of the Opposition, Mr. S. G. Holland in commenting on the result. "The ftrst is the unexpectedly larjre vote acain^ e tho C r nd t " e heav y landslide against the Government, tn the 1938 vn¥prt°fJ 9 t£ ut r? f every 100 voters voted for the Government, but on Saturday only 44 in each 100 still supported the Government, and its been recluced from 2260 "Mrs. Dreaver had the advantage of«,a battery of the Labour party's frontline platform speakers, so it can be assumed that the Government scored nearly its full strength," added Mr. Holland. 'The same applies to Mr. Lee's candidate. It can, therefore, be imagined what will happen to a majority of 400 when the National party's organisation swings into acrton. Following on the Waipawa by-election and the municipal elections, the result "further demonstrates the pronounced swing in public opinion since 1938! Each election since then has made the writing on the wall easier to read.