COUNTRY PARTY

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11045, 20 February 1933, Page 2

COUNTRY PARTY

AMENDMENTS TO PLATFORM. 'V AS Important amendments to the po-y litical platform of the Country were ,made at the annual convention held in Auckland > tv few days ago. Mr A. A. Ross, 1 dent, presided, and Mr H. M. Rush* worth, member for the Bay of lands, was present. ’:f The candidates 1 pledges were altered to give greater liberty In vot-. i ing, though candidates are to bo sponsible to the central executive.!! 1 '■ they vote contrary to any caucus cision. It was decided that credit and',;,, currency control should bo according to a policy laid down by ParlUment in a manner to keep money la strict ratio to production on sale, ,the ,f----actual administration to be in hands of experts. In regard to land-.-settlement it was decided that ,R.S should be in the direction of pro#' able farming' which would settlement of the monetary and tariff questions. ti ‘ ’jConsolidation of all branched eC < the rural lending departments mm an agricultural bank is another pw-'-’t vision. Party funds are dealt with 1® plank which reads; "That any organ* ’ Ised body or private Individual ing money in connection with auf Parliamentary election for the pW' pose of assisting to procure the etter'}' tlon of any candidate shall furnish * ... return of receipts and expenditure similar to the returns required from , candidates. 11 The intention of the Country party to use the Bank oj New Zealand as a national centra*..' bank “to administer the policy 1“® ' down by Parliament 11 Is the effect ft another decision. Restoration of an amended el 9 * tem of arbitration is sought In l* e * of settlement of industrial dispute* by force, but it is stipulated tbs * wherever possible all parties c° n * cerned in any dispute are to be TC " presented, including consumers. The party considers that thof».v railways, the construction of whir® is at present stopped, should be Itr viewed, with the object °f soelw,whether they would benefit the tion, as distinct from mere rallww returns. Two other planks are: “That dip' , lomatic suggestion be made to *“" duce external creditors of the ' n *” v tlon to accept interest and ment in terms of the average »»™ ■ of New Zealand’s exports, as at * dates on which the debits were curred; and that internal money vs ues be established and niaintah| ' on that level which shall . maximum average justice long-term debtors and creditors. ,