SUPPORT SOUGHT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21639, 25 November 1935, Page 12

SUPPORT SOUGHT

LABOUR CIRCULAR TO RETURNED SOLDIERS PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION EXPRESSES REGRET (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEOBAM.) WELLINGTON, November 24. ' "The attention of headquarters of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association has been drawn to a circular issued by Mr J. A. Lee, M.P., in collaboration with Mr W. J. Jordan, M.P., and Mr W. E. Barnard, M.P., exhorting returned soldiers to vote for the Labour party at the forthcoming election," states the Hon. W. Perry, president of the association. "Headquarters regrets that three rer turned soldier members of Parliament should endeavour to seek the votes of returned soldiers for their particular party. Individual returned soldiers are standing for every party." Mr Perry says that none of them has circularised returned soldiers to vote for his particular party. Headquarters urges all returned soldiers to preserve the inviolate principle that the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association is a strictly non-party political organisation.

CHRISTCHURCH NORTH The Government candidate for Christchurch North. Mr S. G. Holland, addressed meetings at the corner of Manchester and Dean streets, the corner of Edgeware road and Packe street, and at the corner of Courtenay and Westminster streets on Saturday evening. The chairman at each meeting was the Hon. W. Hayward, M.L.C., and in each case there was a big attendance. Mr Holland was given a vote of thanks at each meeting. At his request, the words "and confidence" were deleted before the motions were put. Mr Holland said that the place to express confidence was in the polling booth, and the putting of such a motion meant that those who were not in favour of it had to disclose which way they intended to vote. The Labour candidate, Mr R. M. Macfarlane, continued his campaign on Saturday evening. At 7.15 he addressed about 150 electors at the corner of Salisbury and Manchester streets, Mr L. Anderson presiding. At 8.15 he spoke to an audience of about 170 at the corner of Kinloch street and Albury street. Mr C. Henburn acted as chairman. Votes of thanks and confidence were carried at both meetings. Mr D. F. Dennehy, the Liberal candidate, addressed two well attended meetings on Saturday night. Mr B. Ager presided at the first meeting, which was held at the corner of May's road and Bretts road. Councillor E. H. Andrews was in the chair at the Elmwood School. The candidate received most attentive hearings, and votes of thanks and confidence were carried with much applause. Continuous meetings at different points have been arranged for this evening and to-morrow, when the candidate will have the assistance of other speakers, and a recorded speech from the Democrat leader. CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH Mr T. Milliken. National candidate for Christchurch, South, addressed a large open-air meeting at the corner of Battersea and Harper streets, Sydenham, on Saturday evening. He was accorded a vote of thanks.

MAINTENANCE. OF BOARDS REPLY TO LABOUR LEADER PRIME MINISTER'S MENTION OF TRADES HALL INFLUENCE "Mr Savage can only blame himself if he has been misunderstood," said the Frime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, in his address at Woodend on Saturday evening, when replying to the allegation of the Labour leader that he (Mr Forbes) had deliberately misrepresented him. In a published statement, Mr Savage made this allegation when replying to the suggestion of the Prime Minister that Labour intended to replace the present members of the various administrative bcirds with Labour members, if the party secured control of the country. Mr Savage has denied that Labour members would be placed in charge of those institutions.

"Mr Savage is reported to have said when criticising the system of control now in operation, that it was taking control out of the hands of Parliament. that it was undemocratic, and that it would be altered when the Labour party got control of Parliament," the Prime Minister said on Saturday, "Is it not a fair interpretation of Mr Savage's statement, that these institutions would be controlled by the Labour members in the House and the boards done away with? "If as he is reported to have said, it did not mean this, and the present system of boards will be maintained, then I have nothing further to say But it will mean considerable disappointment to the members of his party when their hopes of new jobs are dashed to the ground. They still, however, have the consolation that Mr Savage has' not got the last sav in this question, as the Trades Hall Executive is the body that decides these matters and not Mr Savage."

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARTY FUNDS LABOUR'S CHALLENGE TO THE DEMOCRATS MASTERTON, November 24/ Referring in an address here on Saturday night to the statement by Mr T. C. A. Hislop, the Democrat leader, that he would like to know the source of contributions to the Labour party's funds, Mr R. Semple said he would challenge Mr Hislop. The Labour party would submit its books to examination if Mr Hislop would do the same with his books, and tell who was paying his expenses. The Labour party had asked in Parliament scores of times, Mr Semple added, that the balance-sheets of party funds should be published. The Labour party published the names of contributors to its funds. DEMOCRAT AND MAORI KING HAMILTON, November 23. A denial that an annuity for King Koraki was ever considered" by the Democrat party was issued this evening. Mr J. H. Potter, Democrat candidate for Raglan, said at Huntly that he was a member of the Democrat committee, and native affairs and the annuity were never discussed, "Anyway," he said, "the annuity is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Government, which contributes to the Maori Purposes Fund under the terms of the Treaty of Waitangi, and it would be essential to obtain a unanimous sanction by the New Zealand ,'