CAMPAIGN NOTES

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27491, 27 October 1954, Page 12

CAMPAIGN NOTES

Chief Explainer “I wonder what influence is behind the removal of Mr T. C. Webb from the portfolio of external affairs,” asked Mr J. Mathison (Labour, Avon). “It would not be Mr Holland. Mr Webb is his chief explainer—it is his job to explain legislation to other ministers who don’t understand It.” Power of the Press

Labour would have been in power if newspapers had pot been privately owned, Mr R. Evans (Labour, Egmont) claimed. Everyone read newspapers and some persons allowed them to make up their minds for them. Good Wishes

“Mr Nash is the most promising Leader of the Opposition we have had for a long, long time. I hope he will continue to be just that”—The DeputyPrime Minister (Mr K. J. Holyoake). Good Meals

“We eat well in this country. Noone ever dies of starvation, but many people die of the consequences of overeating. I have the authority of the Health Department for saying that.”— Mr J. R. Marshall (National, Karori). Certainty “I wish I was as sure of Tatts,” said a member of the audience after Mr A. McLagan (Labour, Riccarton) said at Islington that he hoped he would be returned as the member of Parliament for Riccarton. Lake Houses

The Prime Minister (Mr Holland) had said Mr H. R. Lake, the member for Lyttelton, had suggested a scheme fop houses and they might be called the Lake houses. “In Europe there are the remnants of lake dwellings and they were very sub-standard dwellings mdeed. If the Lake houses are going to be true to type they are going to be very dud indeed.”—Mr A. McLagan (Labour, Riccarton). Socialism

• “The. Prime Minister (Mr Holland) is the head of a government operating socialised railways, Post Office. Reserve Bank, Bank of New Zealand, coal mines and hydro generating plants. He nates socialism, but he operates socialism.”—Mr A. McLagan (Labour, Riccarton).

Purchasing Power “Social Credit, says there is a shorta£e Purchasing power. Taken over all there is always enough in the country to purchase all that is available, though there can be maldistribution of the total amount.”—Mr A. McLagan (Labour, Riccarton). Beneath the Surface

• Na . sh said the ot her night that, m 1949, tinned Canadian salmon at Is Ud a tin was plentiful, but I can tell you that there was not much on the shelves, and none if you dived underneath the counter. Two million tins were imported in 1953, and although C ?m l u g 2d , to 3s 5d a time, could still be afforded by most people.”—Mr R. G. Gerard (National, Ashburton). Black Gold

‘The Social Credit Government in Alberta received 233,000 dollars in revenue from gas and oil in 1935, a figure which soared to 36,200.000 dollars m 1952. The government of New Zealand would do pretty well if it had such a prolific source of oil. The national debt would soon be reduced ” —Mr R. G. Gerard (National, Ashburton).

Federation of Labour “The Federation of Labour is making a strong effort to strengthen its hand m national politics. As the price 1 1 S , su PP° r t for Labour candidates, the federation demands adequate representation in Parliament, and by adequate it means majority.”—Mr R J. McConnell (National. Miramar), farmers

‘‘Farmers are very peculiar people --Im one myself.”—Mr J. J. Maher (National, Otaki).

New Industry “It would appear that there is an opening for a new industry if we could process all the red herrings the Labour candidates have produced over ‘ £ ew days.”—Mr R. J. McConnell (National, Miramar).

Cheap Loan Money In 1949 Mr Nash, when he was Minister of Finance, condemned the proposal to provide money for home owners at 3 per cent. Now the Labour Party is promising to provide money at 3 per cent, for new homes, but tne reasons that Mr Nash gave in 1949 for rejecting a similar proposal are just as. sound today as-they were then.’’—Mr J. R. Marshall (National' Karori).

Keynes and Douglas It was unfair of the Social Credit Political League to quote J. M. Keynes in their literature, said Mr J. Mathison (Labour, Avon) in the McDonald Hall Keynes had said in another place that Douglas might be a major militarily but monetarily he was not even a private.