DRIFT TO CITIES

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 10

DRIFT TO CITIES

South Island May Lose Seat in House PREDICTION BY LEADER OF OPPOSITION By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Muy 7. That the South Island country districts would lose an electorate, and that Wellington would be given another seat, was a prediction made by the Hon. A. Hamilton, leader of the National Party, last night. He stated that the South Island might lose two electorates, one of which would go to Wellington Suburbs. There was a continual drift toward the cities, and they must see that the population’s proportions and rewards were finch that the rural population was maintained. It would be all right if the cities could usefully absorb the drift, but between 20,000 and 30,000 were on relief. Eight cardinal points on which business men were in harmony in their Views on the proper control of New Zealand were enumerated by Mr. Hamilton. They were that the Government should keep out of competitive trading, and there should be the least possible regulation of private business; taxation reduction; no borrowing unless essential; reasonable protection for economic Industries: freedom of banking; the removal of the railways and broadcasting from political control; no legislation by regulation; and free administration of courts of justice.