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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 76, 27 September 1938, Page 18

COST OF SOCIAL SECURITY

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) HASTINGS, September 26. • The National candidate for Hawke's Bay, Mr. G. A. Maddison, addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting at Hastings tonight. There were many interjections from a small section of the audience. The speaker criticised the social security scheme as put forward by the Labour Party. It would ultimately cost the people 2s in the £ he said. A vote of confidence in the candidate and in the National Party was passed with some dissentients.

BULLER ELECTORATE

i (By Telegraph—Press Association.) > I WESTPORT, September 26.; I Mr. T. O. Maddison, National cdndFl date for the Buller electorate, opened, his political campaign at; Karamea this evening before an attendance of about\ 250 people. He was , accordefi a mixed- reception, but-at the ' qoiii elusion ■' received a i vote of. thanks without dissent. - He dealt:generally; with the • Na* tional Party policy and;urged the return of Westport harbour;to local control. He said he considered th© work done on Pakihi lands w;as insufficient for . the expenditure; trees should be; grown on these .lands.. Ha regretted, that he would not be; able to take advantage of the National £100 furniture scheme as he already had three children., " The candidate favoured private enterprise, and instanced the delay taking place in the resumption of the Lewis Pass Government service. He said that with//three;eighths of the voting at the last election Labour held five-eighths of the seats. in Parliament. The way to obviate this anomaly was to adopt proportioned representation, which the Labour Party advocated before the last election, but did not seem to want now.