BOOMERANG SLOGANS.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 154, 30 June 1926, Page 8

BOOMERANG SLOGANS.

Slogans are useful in winning clew* tions as well as for other things^ but" they have their dangers, too. Humorous > reference to the matter, of slogans wasJ made by the Leader of the National' Party (Mr. G. W. Torbeß) during the course of his speech in the House.'.of;! Representatives yesterday./ ■ -.i r:;.-" He referred to tho advertisements' published by the Reform Party'■during" the last election campaign, and said that a hardened politician like himself; was almost thrilled by the picture of the Prime Minister coming out 7 pf his bath and looking as if he was going up into the clouds. (Laughter.) Mr. W. E. Parry (Auckland Cbatr*l) interjected something about slogans. "Yes, they are very useful indeed," said Mr. Forbes, but he added that very often they had a boomerangs-ef-fect, and political parties had U/i. "be.. very careful of them because might have an effect opposite to .thafe, which was desired. However, it wafl, a good slogan to get things dorie^ Parliament had met with, that object and it must live up to the promises that h"ad' : been held out on that point.