What Candidates Say

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30288, 14 November 1963, Page 18

What Candidates Say

Inflexible “When Labour makes up its mind as a Government no caucus can change our minds.”—Mr W. A. Fox (Labour, Miramar). Monopolies “No lasting progress is possible without curbing the power of monopoly."—Mr T. Hepinstall (Communist, Porirua). Monopoly “The Post Office makes a profit year after year. It can’t help it because it is a monopoly.”—Mr M. Moohan (Labour. Petone). Place Kick “Social Security has become a political football reaching heights and going to lengths which would make Don Clarke look like a backyard punter.”—Mr O. P. Liddell (Liberal, Otaki). Similarity “Mr Holyoake and Mr Nordmeyer opened their campaigns in Christchurch and are closing them in Palmerston North . . . there is not much difference between them."—Mr V. F. Cracknell (Social Credit leader). New Fields “We should have a crash programme to find new uses for milk, with the world over-supplied with butter."— Mr M. A. Connelly (Labour, Riccarton).

World Bank “The World Bank is taking from you your sovereign rigthrts. It is tile greatest single factor in bringing us into communism." —M. J. Hayes (Social Credit, Timaru). Cart First "The kindest thing I can say about the Dryden manifesto—the election policy so excitingly developed for Mr Nordmeyer by Mr Dryden—is that it puts the cart before the horse. Mr Nordmeyer proposes to spend the income he anticipates before it is earned. People who do that often come to a bad end. In 1958 he had a rather somewhat similar experience. Some very exciting promises were made, but when the chickens came home to roost the results were not so happy.”—Mr P. T. Shand (National, Marlborough). Colours “The Maori people are becoming fairer and fairer while the pakeha is becoming darker and darker. I am not sure whether I’m a fair Maori or a dark pakeha."— Mr B. Couch (National, Southern Maori). “Guesstimates” The description given by the Leader of the Labour Party (Mr Nordmeyer) to Mr Holyoake’s figures on the cost of implementing the Labour election policy: “I think Mr Holyoake works on the principle of picking a figure, doubling it and adding a bit more.” he said.

Salesmanship "Eskimos don't need refrigerators and New Zealand doesn’t need the Labour Party.”—Mr B. E. Taiboys (National, Wallace). Strait Ferry “It is my firm opinion that the National Party is waiting for a loan from the World Bank before placing a firm order for a second Cook Strait vehicular ferry. With a profit of £400.000 on the first year’s running of the Aramoana the Government could have made a substantia] down payment and had the keel of the second vessel laid already.”—Mr G. R. Kerr (Social Credit, Marlborough) Costs “After paying for increases in rents, electricity, telephone rentals, tolls, medical fees and other essential items the average person would think he has been through the dry-cleaners.”— Mr K. S. Lysaght (Labour. Waitaki). Gambling “We have gambling in New Zealand and we cafi’t stop it. Through the Golden Kiwi we are trying to meet it and not stimulate it”—Mr J. B. Gordon (National, Clutha). Toy Soldiers “It is just playing soldiers.” said Mr J. Palmer (Labour, St Albans) of the present military training system. “It is far better to have an army of professional soldiers doing their duty by the country.”