MR. NASH AT WJLFORD SCHOOL
The schoolroom and lobbies of the Wilford School, Petone, were packed when Mr. Walter Nash, Labour candidate in the Hutt electorate, continued his campaign last night. Mr. V. A. Noble, who presided, expressed appreciation and thanks on behalf of the school committee for tho valuable services rendered by Mr. Nash since his election to Parliament two years ago. Dealing with unemployment, Mr. Nash criticised tho Government's policy in levying the emergency unemployment charges on earnings of boys, working girls and women, whilst exempting women with a yearly unearned income up to £250. "This meant," said Mr. Nash, "that a married woman with investments in Government stock to the valuo of £.4500 was freed entirely from the charge even though her husband might have a substantial income." Mr. Nash also pointed out that last year the Government spent £33,544 on immigration, and that the estimates for the current year, after all deductions had been made, provided for an expenditure of £10,000. A vote of thanks and confidence, followed by three cheers for tho candidate, concluded the largest meeting ever held in the school.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 127, 25 November 1931, Page 10
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