What The Candidates Are Saying

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29368, 22 November 1960, Page 18

What The Candidates Are Saying

One View “The extra taxation had to be imposed in 1958 for one purpose and one purpose only—to ensure that everyone in New Zealand had a job.”—Mr W. A. Hudson (Labour, Mornington). And Another “Labour Candidates are saying that Mr Nordmeyer’s 1958 Budget, which imposed heavily increased taxation on practically every person in New Zealand, had the effect of maintaining full employment. This is the queerest and craziest economic theory which has ever been offered to the people of New Zealand.”—Mr H. R. Lake (National, Fendalton). The Railway “I deplore the Nelson railway and similar vote-catching stunts which cost millions of pounds and have no hope of showing a reasonable return.”—Mr T. D. Flint (National, Christchurch Central). “The Nelson railway might run at a loss if there was not going to be a Cook Strait rail ferry and ’an increasing volume of traffic.”—Mr H. L. J. May (Labour, Onslow). “I am very doubtful whether the railway will ever be built by a Labour Government." —Mr A. H. Mahan (Social Credit, Nelson ). “At £3 million a foot —and he is abort sft Bin—he must be the most expensive member of Parliament.”—Mr J. K. McAlpine (National, Selwyn) of Mr S. A. Whitehead (Labour, Nelson). He said Mr Whitehead had been bought into Parliament by the Government’s projected spending of £l6 million on the railway link. “I am prepared to exchange a hundred miles of our North Island railway any day for a flexible modern system such as you enjoy here. The notional railway has much ’to commend it, especially for rural areas.”—Mr N. L. Shelton (National, Rangitikei) at Stoke. Good Business “I am a travel agent. If 1 could have had Mr Nash as a client over the fast three years I could have afforded to close my doors on other folk.”—Mr G. Barker (National. Hutt). Wildlife

“People talk of the credit squeeze under the National Government. It wasn’t a credit squeeze you got from the Labour Government; it was a bear hug.” —Mr W. H. Gillespie (National Hurunui). Second Mortgage “We are not a second mortgage party. We are not enamoured of the National Party’s policy to make second mortgage money available for the purchase of older-type homes.”—Mr W. A. Fraser (Labour, St Kilda). 1930 “You would not find a Hottentot sitting in front of a heap of mangoes and starving because he had not enough pretty stones to buy them, but we did it in 1930."—Mr G. Goddard (Social Credit, North Dunedin). Er . . . “Breweries should be monopolised . . . er . . . should be nationalised, I mean.”—Mr J. G. Locke (Communist; Christchurch Central). Women’s Place “It used to be assumed that many women voted the same way as their husbands. I have not found this so. The woman voter, particularly the married one, has an independence of political outlook which I think is most gratifying.”—Mr B. L. Lyons (National. Miramar).

Difference < “The difference between the two parties as I see it is that Na- < tional thinks of the next election, Labour of the next generation.”— Mr T. W. Cameron (Labour, ■> Otaki). Habit-Forming “For many people, voting is like smoking, they do it just out of habit.”—Mr E. B. Elliott (Social 1 Credit, Onslow). Formative Years ; “I am convinced that a pat on the bottom at an early age is more important than a bashing later.”—Mr R. H. Tizard (Labour, Tamaki). Rise And Fall “The only effective wage rise is a tax reduction.”—Mr D. Long (Social Credit, Petone). Retirement ■—“l believe, as Mr Walter Nash has in the past, that 60 is the retiring age. That is why I propose to recommend pensions at 60 as an entitlement; that no means test apply.”—Mr G. Wain (Independent, Hutt). Sport “There should be more organised sport to combat the delinquency problem. The whole community should take every step possible to see that the young people who today seem to have too much money and too little to do are fully occupied.”—Mr T. L. Hayman (National, Waitaki). Free Medicine "We are going to endeavour to bring back to the people what we wanted in the beginning—a completely free medicinal service. It is going to be a struggle, but I think we will get it.”—-Miss M. B. Howard (Labour, Sydenham). Polling “I am fully conscious that there are candidates in both parties who, if you put up a telegraph pole of the right colour in their place, would still get people to vote for them.’’—Mr V. E. Hampson - Tindale (National, Heretaunga). Record Speech A novel method of electioneering was used by the Social Credit candidate for Christchurch Central (Mr W. Gredn) last evening. After a brief opening speech he played a tape-recording of a radio speech given by the party’s deputy-leader (Mr J. B. O’Brien) to an audience of 11. The chairman’s introductory speech lasted two minutes, Mr Green’s five minutes and the tape-recording went for an hour. Australia “National Party speakers have been making great play of the state of things in Australia. I wonder if they will continue to i stress this point during the remaining week of the campaign. . I would imagine that the backroom boys of the National Party will be flat out manufacturing some other peg for their candidates to hang their hats on.”— Mr H. L. J. May (Labour, Ons- , low). Promises ! Talking about 1957 election policies on taxation, Mr J. B. Hay (National, Lyttelton) told a questioner at a watersiders' t meeting: “Let us say both par- ' ties made promises.” “No,” said I the watersider, "Let’s call them • both bribes.” - Christmas “I am quite confident that this = Christmas . will be a record one because everyone is more prosperous now, with more money than ever before.”—Mrs E. E. McMillan (Labour, North Dunedin). Tenders

“We will ensure that successful tenders for Government contracts and purchases may be examined by al! tenderers. Where this has been done overseas it

has gone a long way toward: preventing malpractice and wil help towards bringing about <

fair and just price. In the past there has been a good deal of injustice through some contractors tendering too low and having to be assisted later by the Government.”—Mr R. Needham (Social Credit, Rangitikei).