The By-elections

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31343, 13 April 1967, Page 12

The By-elections

Sir, —Mr Bray agrees that inflation is caused by more money chasing the same or a lesser quantity of goods, as well as by the wage-price spiral. As New Zealand has to live within a limited overseas income could Mr Bray explain how the Government would issue more money without increasing the total amount in circulation?— Yours, etc., JOHN WILSON. April 12, 1967.

Sir, —Mr Holland should be careful of what he says about the job of the Opposition Leader, Mr Kirk. It is his job to go into everything the Government is doing. It shows that the Labour Party is not asleep. How can we be sure that social security will not be “wiped”? How can we be sure that age benefits is not put on to insurance? We cannot trust them. Everything has gone up sky-high—tele-phone rentals by 12s 6d, electricity by 2s 6d in the pound, and numerous other things that I have not space to quote. I hope these morons are really happy. Labour only put up beer, tobacco, and petrol; not what we eat. And what a howl to high heaven! Of course, there is unemployment: no building!—Yours, etc. R. H. DAVIS.

April 11, 1967. Sir, —“C.E.A.” says Com-munist-controlled unions will be out in full force at the Fendalton by-election. That is far from the truth. There are few, if any, Communist-led unions today. He says he was in the Labour movement 60 years ago and knows something about it He cannot know much. Everybody knows quite well there is a vast difference in the country today. It is true New Zealand workmen are the best in the world. They are only fighting for their rights, which is forced on them by the Government of today. —Yours, etc., D. BRYSON. April 12, 1967. Sir, —What a lot of drivel is spoken by candidates at election time! In your report of Mr Barclay’s meeting in the Isleworth School, he states that the economy of the country was “in a terrible state.” Just a lot of words endeavouring to scare people. He also mentions something about a crisis in the country, and that “the Prime Minister had deliberately set out to deceive the people.” It is Mr Barclay who is deceiving the people now. As the National Party states, there is no crisis; most of our economical difficulties are psychological, and income and expenditure will soon be levelled out again. To know what costs are, try living overseas in the United Kingdom, United States, or Australia.—Yours, etc. ELECTOR. April 12, 1967. Sir,—“C.E.A.” is wrong as unions are not Communistcontrolled. The Communists do not support Labour as they contest some of its seats at elections. The unions will certainly be out in force to help Labour win Fendaiton, and the Nationalists from town and country are being frantically rallied to try to hold a seat which is showing

grave dissatisfaction with the Nationalists who, like the Social Credit, Received the electors at the last election. Mr Savage’s 1935 statement quoted by “C.EA” referred to the abolition of doctors’ and hospital bills under Labour’s social security scheme, with the result that people had more money to spend. “C.EA.” did not show how Labour was neither competent nor politically honest six months after the 1935 election.—Yours, etc., DISILLUSIONED NATIONALIST. April 12, 1967.