What The Candidates Say

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31215, 12 November 1966, Page 16

What The Candidates Say

Anything You Can Do

overseas at 7j per cent Our last £l2 million loan will cost us £27.3 million to pay back. Since when has this been good business?”—Mr C. J. Whitmill (Social Credit Petone). No Slums

“I was brought up to believe Parliamentarians were super-intelligent, all-knowing people, but I started listening to the radio and they sounded like schoolchildren to me. In fact, I think schoolchildren could do better.”—Mrs C. P. Dalglish (Social Credit, Hutt).

“I don’t think we’ve got any slums in Christchurch.”—Miss M. B. Howard Labour, Sydenham).

Knight For Youth

“If you don’t look after the young there is no future.”— Sir Walter Nash (Labour, Hutt).

Leadership

“Mr Krk is a good Leader of the Opposition. The best thing to do is to leave him in that job.”—Mr C. C. A. McLachlan (National, Seiwyn). Mortgage “As Billy Graham said, we are living on our children’s and grandchildren’s money.”— Mr V. F. Cracknell, Social Credit leader.

Borrowing

“In certain circumstances it is wise to borrow, foolish not to. Every home-owner and every farmer finds it proper to borrow, so what is proper for them is surely proper for a govenment”—The Minister of Customs (Mr Shelton) in Christchurch.

Repayment “New Zealand is Arrowing

Valuation “The national debt?—it is

£149 million. No-one would dio. I suppose its next suggeseven value Christchurch city tjon will bave two Interat that It is remarkably _ . small.—The Minister of Cus- nal Revenue Departments toms (Mr Shelton) in Christ- competing to see how much church. tax they can get out of us.”

Roundabout

“Campaigning has gone the full circle. The people will not come out to hear us in halls. We have to go back to them on the street corners. I Shall unashamedly stand in the gutter.”—Mr H. L. J. May (Labour, Porirua). Capital Colony

“Our national interests demand that we do not become a colony of American capital, and that we live in peace with the people of Asia, not make war on them at the behest of Wall Street”—Mr R. J. Smith (Communist Island Bay).

—Mrs M. B. Quinn (National, Auckland Central).

Employment

"I would much rather have full employment and inflation than unemployment and no inflation.” Mr A. H. Nordmeyer (Labour, Island Bay).

Similarity

Competition

“I don’t want to be political, but Labour went into power in 1935 on a policy very similar to ours.”—Mr V. F. Cracknell (Social Credit, Hobson).

“Labour proposed to have sevfg’al N.Z.B.C.S competing against one another on the ra-

Improvement

“A good party will always build on to something which is good, even if it has been instituted by another party.” —Mr J. Kennedw£ood (National, Hutt).