What Candidates Say

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30289, 15 November 1963, Page 16

What Candidates Say

Limbo “You can’t afford to Live now. You can’t afford to die. It will soon be a limbo of tihe lost.”—Miss M. B. Howard (Labour, Sydenham). Entente “The people of this electorate are very hospitable. Even when they don’t agree with a candidate's point of view they let him have his say. and disagree in a cordial manner.”—Mr W. F. Quigley (National, Sydenham). Individual Liberty “The National Party seems to be forgetting some of its principles, such as the preservation of the liberty of the individual. When a newspaper can be prosecuted for publishing a report of an English case sent to it by an international news service it is surely an indication that individual liberty is being controlled and that something should be done about it.”—Mr G. R. Kerr (Social Credit. Marlborough). Opportunity “Social Crediters are political opportunists after power for themselves, not financial reformers. They are misleaders of people interested in genuine monetary reform.”—Mr M. A. Connelly (Labour, Riccarton). Chums “I am in the gas indus. try,” a man replied to Mr T P. Shand (National, Marlborough) at a Christchurch meeting. “And proud of it too.” he added. “I’m in it myself, as they say,” Mr Shand said.

One Winner “Labour has a tug-of-war policy—increased production at one end and three weeks’ holiday at the other. In a tug-of-war only one team can win.”—Mr A. D. Dick (National, Waitaki). Partly-Furnished “I visited a home where they had a table but they used fruit cases for chairs and had no coverings on the floors. They had capitalised the family benefit.”—Mr C. Aberdeen (Social Credit, Dunedin Central). Unrest “By any count, industrial unrest has doubled. Only the good sense of the Federation of Labour and the Employers’ Federation has saved further trouble.’’—Mr J. Reid (Labour, Wallace). Third Gone “Four months’ wages from every year are taken out in direct or indirect taxation.” —Mr T. W. G. Higham (Social Credit, Manurewa). B.M.A. “We have got a lot of young modem doctors in this country now. We don't have to deal with those old diehards.”—Miss M. B. Howard (Labour, Sydenham). Relief “There is an old story about a lunatic who kept hitting himself over the head with a hammer because it was so nice when he stopped. We are not half as smart—we don't even stop to see how nice it is”—Mr V. F. Cracknell, the Social Credit leader.

Good Times “Good times are the most perilous times facing democracy.”—Mr V. E. HampsonTindale (National, Hutt). Sport “Sport is one sure way of trying to halt juvenile delinquency.”—Mr G. R. Thorn (National, Dunedin Central). Return Ticket “The Labour Party just hasn’t a clue where it is going, except, of course, back to the Opposition benches.” —Mr K. J. Marlow (National. St Kilda). Future “The only time the National Government thinks of the future is when it thinks of death duties.”—Mr K. S. Lysaght (Labour, Waitaki). Up The Creek "If we carry on earning insufficient and borrowing up to £lB million a year just to buy consumer goods we are up the creek without a paddle."—Mr R. A Faulkner (Labour, Roskill). A Reader Says “Having read with great interest Mr Nordmeyer’s policy for action I suggest that he fight the election under the banner ‘Nordy but nice.'”—A letter to the "Evening Post,” Help Reduced,— The Senate yesterday voted a 20-million dollars cut in foreign aid.— Washington, Nov. 14.