FENDALTON SEAT

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29366, 19 November 1960, Page 14

FENDALTON SEAT

Mr Lake At Papanui

A promise that his party would pursue a long-term policy for the

expansion of New Zealand’s secondary industry if it became the Government after November 26, was given by the National Party candidate for Fendalton (Mr H. R. Lake) last night. Mr Lake stood on a corner in the Papanui shopping centre with a small hand microphone, and discussed points from his party’s election manifesto with an audience of about 20. This number later increased to about 35. There were only occasional interjections.

National, said Mr Lake, would encourage people to start their own business regardless of size. Mr Lake said that when National became the Government it would wipe out compulsory unionism. This would make no difference to conciliation or negotiation matters. “There is no intention of taking away any of the rights unionists enjoy at present; on the contrary they will be backed by the Government. “We are the only country in the world with compulsory unionism. Nearly everywhere else it is on a voluntary basis and it works. There should be no compulsion for any individual to have to join a particular union,” said Mr Lake. Immigration National would undertake to step up a “decent” assisted immigration scheme when it became the Government, he said. “Labour tore down our previous scheme when we were getting something like 50,000 persons a year. This country, to progress, needs more skilled people to match its future expansion.” When this was questioned by a listener, Mr Lake said that some Continental people admitted to New Zealand after the Hungarian uprising had not been, sufficiently screened. “In my opinion British immigrants have first preference, then the Dutch. I think most New Zealanders would agree to that,” said Mr Lake. After dealing with taxation, education, juvenile delinquency and aid to underdeveloped countries, he came to a point of particular interest to the people of Fendalton—the future development of Christchurch airport. “I fully expect, if I am elected, that this question will become quite a problem to me. We are all, in Fendalton and in the South Island, keenly interested in having Harewood made into a fully international airport” One particular say the people of his electorate should have was in the future siting of runways which overseas experience had shown could develop into quite a noise problem if sited in the wrong way. / Asked about T.E.A.L., Mr Lake said: “This is purely my own opinion and not my party’s. I am all for buying Australia out and amalgamating with the National Airways Corporation. Then New Zealand will have a decent air service operating across the Tasman by a New Zealand-owned airline.’ ’