THE CAUSE OF LABOUR

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 151, 23 March 1925, Page 6

THE CAUSE OF LABOUR

MR. HOLLAND AT DUNEDIN. By TuLßcnArii. —Press Association Dunedin, March 20. Mr. H. E. Holland, Leader of the ParLabour Party, addressed a large audience here to-night. At the conclusion of the address, he was accorded a vote of thanks and a motion of confidence in the Labour Party was passed. Mr. Holland said he honestly believed that in the coming election Labour .would win, and tho party would achieve one of tht? greatest victories the cause had yet gained. As far as the Reform and Liberal Parties were concerned, there was, he said, no line of demarcation hetwfen them. Mr. Wilford had consistently and inconsistently supported Mr. Massey, and had repeated. lv stated that he would not assist the Labour Party to gain the Government benches. That being so, he asked them why they should vote for Mr. Wiljord if they 'were opposed to Mr. Masgey. Tho speaker dealt with the question of land aggregation, and said that the Labour Partv stood for occupancy of land, and use of it. designed to give the farmer full fruits of his labour. He asked what was wrong with that policy, and declared that both Mr. Massey and Mr. Wilord had vigorously opposed it. Dealing with the question of compensation to workers ho said that the Labour Party stood for the Department governing this policv being in the hands of the State. The Labour Party would make a determined, effort to improve housing accommodation. He severely criticised the system under which large quantities of coal were brought to the Dominion, and said then* was no reason whatever why New Zealand could not rely on its ‘own coal resources. Mr. Ho'land said that the real future of the Labour Party rested in the hands of the rank and file of the workers.