What The Candidates Are Saying

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

What The Candidates Are Saying

Impression A truck driving slowly through the shopping area of Sydenham about 8 o’clock last evening advertising the National candidate for Sydenham (Mr D. F. Quigley) was ordered to the kerb by a traffic officer. The driver explained that he was going slowly to impress the public. “Yes,” replied the officer with a smile, “going at five miles an hour you are creating an impression for half a mile back.” Delinquents "If you look up the dictionary you will find that delinquent means a person who is not doing his duty. It does not apply to children and teen-agers only, but also to adults. The policeman who ‘looks the other way* is himself a delinquent.”—Mr R. W. Hope (Labour, Marlborough), who is a police sergeant. No Local Problems “There are no aerodromes, railways or universities promised to the Hutt electors because Mr Nash believes he has it in the bag.”—Mr G. Barker (National, Hutt). Chaos “If time payment and hire purchase were stopped tomorrow there would be chaos in New Zealand within a week.—Mr M. J. Hayes (Social Credit, Ashburton). Distant View “There is no intention at present of televising Parliament. Those of you who have attended Parliament can understand the reluctance of some members to agree. It is a long way off.”—Mr A. H. Nordmeyer (Labour, Island Bay). Import Control “If a real emergency should arise we would use a little import control, but not blanket import control.”—Mr H. L. Pickering (National, Avon). Full Employment “The National Party abolished the Upper House but Labour can still find jobs for retired trade union secretaries. They give them a safe Labour seat to contest at the General Election.”— Mr E. B. Elliott (Social Credit, Onslow). “Pie In The Sky” "Social Credit stands for pie in the sky; but the only true wealth in New Zealand is the materials, resources and manpower. No matter what funnymoney policy Social Credit has, you cannot get more out of the bowl of resources than is in it.” —Mr F. E. McNulty (Communist, Avon). Alternative “Nelson must be developed to avoid strain on Wellington’s public services.”—Mr H. L. J. May (Labour, Onslow). Negative, Positive

“That Nordmeyer is a genius. They say he is worse than Mr Nash. That means he is better than Mr Nash.”—The Prime Minister (Mr Nash) speaking to Lyttelton waterside workers.

Wining And Dining "Liquor in restaurants is very different from drinking in the pubs. People will not just go into restaurants to drink. They’ll continue to go for meals and, if they so wish, they may have a drink, as St. Paul said, ‘for their stomach's sake.’ ” —Mr C. L. Carr (Labour, Timaru). Origin "I was asked the other day if we screened our immigrants enough. The first Holyoake settled in Nelson in 1848. Had he not done so there would have been no Holyoakes—some of you may say it would be better for that. But also, had there been screening of immigrants there would have been no Holyoakes in New Zealand. He was a runaway sailor.”—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Holyoake) in Christchurch. Millions “I like talking in millions, but one old lady said to me: ‘Why do you talk in millions of pounds, Mr Nash? Couldn’t you just talk in half-crowns?’ ” —The Prime Minister (Mr Nash) at LytteltonLoyalty “Let there be no doubt about it that I believe that the best interests of New Zealanders are served by complete loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen and that Socialism, which is the first step to communism, should be rejected and stamped out.”—Mr T. D. Flint (National, Christchurch Central). Aluminium “I am all for the aluminium industry, but to get that industry we’ve got to be practical. You can’t tie up a £l5O million industry with restrictive clauses to preserve a scenic attraction. We’ve got to give the best practical agreement and it is not impossible if man destroys one scenic spot to create another.”—Mr T. L. Hayman (National, Waitaki).