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A LIVELY MEETING

MB. FOEBES IN SOUTH

LIFE OF PARLIAMENT

NO EXTENSION PROPOSED (By Telegraph—Press Associaliun.) INVERCARGILL, November 20. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forhps) this evening addressed one | of the largest political meetings held in i Invercargill for many years. The Civic i Theatre was crowded, and Victoria I Hall in the same building was also full and a loud speaker had been hurriedly installed to enable late arrivals to listen to the Prime Minister. It was a lively meeting from start to finish, but the interjectors were good-natured. Mr. Forbes devoted himself chiefly-to defending the Government's policy and to advancing reasons why continued support from the public should be given. He said that the Post Office deposits had reached £50,000,000, a record that showed, how confidence in the country had been restored. One of the most difficult tasks the. Government had to face was its endeavour 'o meet the deficit on railways. Now a very definite improvement could be shown. He emphasised that the people of Great Britain had recognised the work'of their Government and. had supported it. He had no doubt that the result of the election in New Zealand would show that the people of the Dominion had followed the lead of their kith and kin overseas and rallied to the support of the Government. "The Leader of the Democrat Party is making all sorts of innuendoes about the honesty of the Government, basing these on the Auditor-General's report." said Mr. Forbes. "Mr. Hislop would have people believe that there has been a misappropriation of public money." -He added that when Mr. Hislop quoted from the AuditorGeneral's report he failed to quote the filial paragraph, which stated that no doubts were cast on the correctness o£ the accounts but only on the way they were presented to Parliament Mr. Forbes said that since Mr. Hislop was so ready to impugn the honesty of the Government it might be well to investigate his position. Mr. Hislop had himself broken faith, for he had publicly said that the Mayor of Wellington had a full-time job, and that the city must suffer were the Mayor elected to Parliament. Yet Mr. Hislop himself was now offering his services as a Parliamentary candidate. "People in glass houses should not throw stones," ■caid Mr. Forbes. Mr. Forbes also mentioned that there was no truth whatever in the suggestion- emanating from Mr. Hislop that the National Government intended to extend by one year the life of the next Parliament. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried by acclamation at the conclusion of Mr. Forbes's address.

CLOSING OF SHOPS

HALF-HOLIDAY CHANGE

"ABSURD AND UNNECESSARY"

(By, Telegraph—Press Association.) MASTERTON, This Day.

Mastertori shopkeepers or a good many of them thoroughly agree with those of Wanganui that the transfer of the weekly half-holiday to Election Day is "unfair, unjust, absurd, and farcical." A number of Masterton shopkeepers—members of the Drapers' Association and others—have decided to close on Election Day only from noon to 2 p.m.' and to remain open from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The usual Saturday half-holiday will be observed in that week.

"•Many people will be in town on Election Day and local shopkeepers consider that to close the shops is both absurd, and unnecessary. With shops closed from noon to 2 p.m. all shop employees will have ample time in which to vote.

It is asked why shops alone (apart from hotels) should be singled out and required to close on Election Day when factories, banks, stock and station agents, and professional and other offices are not required to close. One queer anomaly mentioned is that tea rooms may be kept open on the afternoon of Election Day but no one must be employed in them. Being permitted to keep open on Saturday until 5.30 p.m. is no compensation to shopkeepers for the Wednesday half-day. It is pointed out that past experience has shown that little business is done on Saturday afternoon by shops which normally close on that day. On the Saturday afternoon following on the last election business was so poor that several shops closed considerably before 5.30 p.m.

"DRAW STUMPS

GOVERNMENT INNINGS OVER

Speaking to a large audience at Porirua, presided over by Mr. F. Cocker, on Tuesday, Mr. L. G. Lowery, Labour candidate for Otaki, said: — "The Nationalist Party claimed to have haved the country from disaster, and now asked for a continuance of office,' or, as one Minister of the Crown put it, they called for a "second innings," evidently realising that the first must have proved a failure and it was incumbent on them to "follow on." "Time being the essence of the contract," said Mr. Lowry, "the country must declare .'stumps drawn' and vote for a better team to get to the wicket. The Nationalist Party, to give them the latest of their many names, stands in the dock awaiting the verdict of the people and on Wednesday next the verdict, although a year overdue, will be made known. As is customary at election time the bogey of Labour's inability to rule is brought out for an airing. Unfortunately for the Government, electors are awakening to the realisation that no one section of the community, not even the Nationalists, can truthfully claim , a monopoly of intellect and integrity. The propaganda used for this purpose is already a spent force. Labour claims an equal right to govern in the interests of the people." A vote of thanks proposed by Mr. .T. Windley, seconded by Mr. A. Wright, was carried by acclamation.

NO BENEFIT TO FARMER

"The guaranteed priges of the Labour Party and the-high exchange policy of the present Government are alike in that they mean nothing and give nothing to the small farmer," said Miss Rawcliffe, the Communist candidate for the Wellington East seat at Lyall Bay last night. "It has been stated by its own advocates that the guaranteed price plan is to make it possible for small farmers to meet their interest commitments and for the exporter to meet his overseas commitments. The guaranteed price plan is not in the interest of the workers. It is in the interests of the big capitalists of this country. It will no more benefit the small farmer than has high exchange."

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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 124, 21 November 1935, Page 28

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A LIVELY MEETING Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 124, 21 November 1935, Page 28

A LIVELY MEETING Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 124, 21 November 1935, Page 28

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