LABOUR LEADER WELCOMED

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21646, 3 December 1935, Page 12

LABOUR LEADER WELCOMED

|Mg£&ra9: OP"" GREAT ] \ ISf ffife' TO, 'GOVERNMENT s£*.«/. -V* "HOUSE' '■ • jtoNISTRY TO BE ANNOUNCED \'\ ' ON THURSDAY (PBS3S AfIaOCUTXOK TZIJSOBAM.) WELLINGTON, December 2. ' -• Scenes of extraordinary enthusiasm , marked the arrival at Wellington this ". xtiorning of ISxM. 'JI Savage, leader of , the Labour party. A crowd that must 4 have-numbered iully 3P<>o let its voice * go as he stepped off the Limited ex--Vr press, and, paid a tremendous tribute to the man, to his achievement,- and -V'' *Q what he represented. It was a f 3 ' J 'climax', to a series of- receptions acI* corded Mr Savage at stations on the -r -Journey from Auckland, and it was -' -. i obvious that he was a little over- * -'< whelmed by the force and earnestness "-','Tcjf it. ' After a brief address to the '•>' j ccowd-.in thestation yard, Mr Savage ''- Jteft lor Parliament BuUdings, -where ■-, the was greeted by another gathering | that awaited his arrival outside the -, 'Rowen street entrance. '"-In his remarks at the station, Mr _'. . I Savage gave h\s assurance that New - v \ Zealand would have nothing to fear .'-" -' 'fi*pm Labour, and he promised that ! freedom weak: be real-freedom , . 'the Labour Government. The crowd ' 'started to cheer before the engine had :come to a standstill, and when it (stopped and Mr Savage appeared on : ,'- the - platform waving and smilingly the reception, there , - 'Cwb, a concerted press ..towards him, *- " >and near/ .bis,* carriage the congestion \ acute indeed!. For a short time r > an'imcomfbrfable jam 1 of, L lpeoj>leV i 'all- anxious to get a f glimpse ;" of-tnemanihejy had come to welcome. V I There was.no'defay on the platform, t: *, - and as Mrf made his way past V a battefy precariously '"--• shove'fne "crowd,,-the con- '". -> relieved. ,:>•-■- "; 'A Salvdjtf; Cheering V' • la--wthe station* "yard the Crowd -"- * -hxressed zound/.t6 hear the few words -. * • the. next Prime Minister had to say. v ' Only those nearby were able to hear : r ~ fhim; bus their occasional note of apJ. atst&«alvT«as,'caught fcy. Jhose. on the '■<; " outside '. and amplified into a hearty ■l-'/' salvo of cheering. In addition to the 4> r the station yard, the roof--i- ' "fops "of; nearby,' buildings, were .lined ~ "'" with people, and they took up the reV -",JE*ain-Qf "For He's > a Jolly Good Fel- *' . 16%" as'Mr-Savage finished what he' V had to say. When, escorted by a company of old and new members of Far- '•'' l liament and officials of the Labour -■ * party, some of whom had come from ■"'." thdiSouth . J/sA&nd meet ,him, he ,£ Jt^/car^meftjandrwomen 'j. surgedifc-rward-to shake' his v hand, and '* a houqi|et of red flowers was pressed % into his arms. - Hatless and flushed and stm-.smiling- ; Mc Savage- ttirust his hands .jqutj of either window of the -£-".,'' car and waved.his answer to bursts V,j- jst - cheering - that greeted his slow 10 passage through, the lanes of people. <"., J?oßcemen walking ahead had to clear iV- 4i>ath until'he-was out of the yard, -! X while eager hands gjrasped his as he ?'S passed. - ■. - \y.- . Soon after in Wellington, ~/',, Mar* Savage received a call from a ;' ' - representative of Government House >\" J and was" invited to wait on his Excel- ?'-,' lency at XX o'clock. He left' Parliament 'M - *; SBuildings in* a-Government car shortly ?i ~ before. XI, and returned about mid--1*;"-' On 'teaching the buildings he i\ "i went at once to the office of the Prime ,;*,• JWinister (the'Bt Hou.G. W. Forbes) x '\ and he and Mr F6rbes had a friendly *c ''- : ' discussion 'of the position arising out ,- .<;' of the general election. ,\* -"Subsequently,- Mr Savage received -V" • representatives of the press in his room .;■,?-%; in --the old library-wing. Mr Savage •jv ; said that he would be quite ready on /' '-r. Thursday to announce the-members of fyi .thev^JbdurrMinistry.' -- - t • & -!y , !"We wiH be ready for action then," *&," said. IThe- Uovernment will resign %»S>' o£- Wednesday, and we wUi take over «CJ|.*fce.rtajis r 'o4 office next day.'" - W^'l^i^ Party -|tr ;^There i'would be a!full meeting of B>"s ffie rj| Parliamenfary Labour party -at W/* to-morrow, morning, and s£*! air tills there would be a - free discusgfe sion-of the-immediate 'political outW& Savage -said. It was not fp ? l totlcjipated that the meeting would oe 53&4 long" one. One, of the, wM, pbmtk'that Voiild have to be decided WfA j#s lumen Parliament would be first Wjl callM'together. His view that it M® mm& jaot be necessary for Parliament Sgj mfagft -befefre -Christmas. The only WM r>4§on^or-a-session before Christmas sS3 take immediate steps tq f *ll &£&s&£}* ar , L mfe , unemployed over the §P but at was-bis belief W& ty&tijWh. ,-Government .had 'sufficient fCJ this, by- regulation, - l<te.*;fi f «s3tat*'\B«n be- a if or' the :unem«r" "and the tetos.will-.be -faced next |i ! '-1t "likely 1 that the 4:'belcßjle<ktogether early f although- ft might be ¥afy-;td sit, right'on at that ossible;- Parliament would d- over* ji short .period. Bedricttan '<& «'Salesr Tax Libout, his previous; statethe 1 - sales tax would be r-jSavage said'there would fen", abolition, of- the tax, a. gradual, reaucfiph. The be rednced in much the f rate would ot'tiitend to'do • anything ockfbe community,'* said *«r .do anything rtbat will culator "aJjfchance, \ We are help the speculator, whoM ; be£. We are -going to stroy.- --. .- he . could -elaborate his to broadcasting ; Sa^ge t |said that #ll he itS|lie moment was that be allowed to and iye-prpgrammes would be ;iaean.tbat m stations will BsHihttfe.«tsfaKtf*r' Mr -asked.'- He replied that B ild. "either' Jsave-' to have ofCrevenue or receive a icy: could noi-be allowed