CANDIDATES SAY
"It will oppose me at this election; at the same time it is one of the fairest newspapers in the country."—Mr. J. Thorn's opinion of "The Evening Post."
"I will say this about the Labour Party,'* said* Mr. R. Semple, at Miramar last night,'"that it includes practical men* Friends and foes of the party generally admit that it contains more .practical men than all the other parties in the House put together. The men iv the party have worked their way up by industry. i They have climbed the ladder of life by merit. They have not been pitchforked to the top by tho Press or any other power."
"In 1923 it was Coates and confidence; in. 1928 thero was no confidence; after the election there was no Coates. There must.have-been a reason for this. There Was—it was' his own record of failure."—This was the summary of Mr. J. Thorn, Labour candidate for Otaki, speaking at Porirua last night, of the results of the 1925 and 1928 elections. "A vote for Coates, "lie added, "is a yotc for ruin of the country— chaos and reduced wages."
A Coalition slogan of Safety v. Socialism was referred td by Mr. B. Semplo at Miramar last night. "Safetysafety," lrt said. "What is safe?' The only things that appear safe to-day arc tho banks and the monopolies." Ho declared that if Sir Joseph- Ward had been alivei the .United Governmentwould not have broken its election pledges; but before- his body was cold in the grave his successors had violated ,almost every pledgo that they had been elected on. "When he was dying, they, asked him to rosign," said Mr. Semple. "I challenge them to deny that." . '.-::■.■'-.' , ..:■ "■■ ;: ■■
Labour's plan to settle the immediate -problems of mortgagors and mortgagees was ..outlined by Mr. J, Thorn, Labour candidato for Otaki, at Porirua last evening. ' 'Wei propose that in the case of mortgages andlcasos, the parties shall have'throe months to reach a voluntary agreement," ho, said. "If at tho end ;of that time there is no agreement, there shall., be an arbitrary reduction of 20. per: cent, in rent and interest straight away." • . '
CANDIDATES SAY
Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 11
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