COUNTRY QUOTA
MR. S, G. SMITH'S CHARGE
(Special to the "Evening Post.")
PALMERSTON N., This Day,
That the country quota was going to be abolished to give the towns the control of the political situation in New Zealand, was the confirmed opinion of Mr. S. G. Smith, National candidate for New Plymouth, when speaking at Feilding last night. He said that neither the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, nor any other Minister would give a definite denial to the accusation.
Mr. Smith explained that the quota had given the urban areas 39 seats and the country districts 37. What the Labour Party proposed to do was to cut the country down to 33 seats and give the towns 43, which would mean that the country districts would have no say whatever in the government of the country. Nobody with a true appreciation of the wealth produced by the country districts should hesitate to vote against the Socialist Party unless they had got a written pledge from the Prime Minister not to abolish the country quota.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1938, Page 24
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176COUNTRY QUOTA Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1938, Page 24
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