POLITICAL TRUCE?

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 172, 23 July 1941, Page 5

POLITICAL TRUCE?

PARTY BICKERINGS d EXCHANGES IN HOUSE 1 4 (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON", this day. j While he was in camp at Burnham 'learning to help to defend New Zealand, members of the National party jhad spoken in his electorate, Mr. McCombs (Government. Lyttelton) .'complained in the House of Representatives last night. • Mr. McCombs said thai right from L lthe beginning of the war Labour )jparty members had been instructed i|to cease political propaganda, but |they discovered that the Opposition [was not trying to cease political (bickering. Every time some criti»jcism was made of the Government joy a Chamber of Commerce in a •jnewspaper or some other organisation and a Minister replied they were .jcharged with political bickering, j Mr. Holland. Leader of the Opposijtion: There was no truce until the ■ Prime Minister left New Zealand. |! "If there was any truce this is the first I have heard of it." said Mr. 'ißodkin (National. Central Otagot. !The Prime Minister at the outset -[had made it clear that the Government intended going right ahead Iwith its domestic policy. The Opposition had given the Government 100 iper cent support in connection with Ithe war effort. Members of the ; ,National party had addressed meetings of friends anil supporters. c Mr. O'Brien 'Government. West,'land): There were two public meetings in my electorate. 1 Mr. Bodkin said that the meetings Preferred to were held months ago. JThey were called by the partv organisation in Westlahd. He had not Igone to the meeting without notify, -jing the member for the district." •j Mr. O'Brien: Both were pubflß •meetings. ! Mr. Bodkin: I knew nothing of it. , : Continuing. Mr. Bodkin said he ; ! had no apology to make. He was .'replyinc to the Minister of Mines, Mr. Webb, who had said that capi--talisiv! soon would be as dead a.= its'* . doci-j.