MODEL LAUNCH RAFFLE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 67, 16 September 1943, Page 6

MODEL LAUNCH RAFFLE

A Jolt.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN NOTES

A heckler at a meeting addressed byMr. N. P. Croft, National candidate for Hutt, received a jolt when he overreached himself by attacking the chairman. "Even your chairman," he called to the candidate, "does not support your policy." The chairman (Mr. Walters) was on his feet instantly. "I have been a Liberal all my life," he said, "and I support Mr. Croft in every word he has said." Inexplicable. "The Communist circus is now licking the boots of the Labour Party, yet Peter Fraser has been kicking them in. the ribs for years. It is inexplicable to me," said Mr. L. Frame, Democratic Labour candidate for "Wellington Suburbs, at Wadestown last night. The Upper House. "I think the Upper House should be abolished, and some of those who now I sit on the red plush seats used to think so too once," said Mr. L. Frame, Democratic Labour candidate, at Wadestown last night. "I understand, however, I that there is some difficulty in regard to this. One way to get rid of it, though, would be to stop appointing any more members, and let evolution take care of it." The Same Thing. "When the rate of exchange was fixed at an artificial figure a mistake was made, and Labour fought and fought against this false exchange rate. Yet," remarked Mr. W. A. Veitch, Nationalist candidate for Wellington Suburbs, at Kaiwarra last night, "when Labour came into power they did exactly the same thing with their policy of import restrictions. Each had exactly the same effect, that of preventing the people purchasing goods for which they had the money. Why, they don't even know their own philosophy." No Beheadings. "If there is one thing that spells the ] defeat of Labour on the 25th, it is their total disregard of the inherent love of the British for freedom," said Mr. W. A. Veitch, the Nationalist candidate for Wellington Suburbs, when speaking at Kaiwarra last night. He added that there was not much difference between the dictatorship imposed by Hitler on Germany and that imposed on New Zealand by four whose names were known to all. But there was this difference. New Zealand's dictatorship was much more artistically applied, and there were no rubber truncheons or beheadings. Comparison. "We don't think it right to stabilise James Roberts at £1200 a year and the postman at £4 13s a week," said Mr. L. Frame, Democratic Labour candidate for Wellington Suburbs, when discussing the Government's stabilisation plan last night. "The Scrimgeour Business." "The one thing that can safely be said about the whole Scrimgeour business is that nobody came out of it with credit," said Mr. J. Maher, speaking at Hinakura. "It was certainly a shock to most of us to find that the Government had delegated its functions to people not only outside Cabinet, but even outside Parliament. The Labour Party is always suggesting that the National Party is controlled by big money. I suppose they believe that because the Labour Party is controlled by big union bosses the National Party must be run by big something." Meteorologically or — ?

What Might Happen!

"Lousy Thing."

A Labour Speech,

No-confidence Vote,

"The Government recently asked us all to 'dig 'for victory,' and the National Party agreed that this should be done," said a member of the audience addressed at Mornington by Mr. C. M. Bowden, the National candidate for Wellington West. "Ever since it has rained. Now what about the National Party giving us some fine weather." "Do you suggest that we are going to be the reigning Government?" asked Mr. Bowden. The "Right of Recall.

"Until we have the right to recall members of Parliament who do not carry out their pledges to the people we will not have democracy in the true sense of the word." —Mr. C. G. Scrimgeour, Independent, at Hataitai last evening. Labour's Stumbling Block. One of the major stumbling blocks to the success of the Labour Government had been its return in 1935 and 1938 by such large majorities, said Mr. A. H. Carman, Independent candidate for Wellington North, last night. This had resulted in the Government being inclined to ignore whispers of discontent and murmurs of criticism, both from the public and from within its own party. It had ridden roughshod over these dissentient voices, and had even expelled minorities who would not conform. Today these whispers had ground into a crescendo of opposition, and the Government were now about to be forced to take heed of the demands and protests of the people. Couldn't Take It. A persistent woman interjector at Mrs. C. S. Stewart's meeting at the Vogelmorn Hall last .evening left hurriedly comparatively early in the meeting. The, audience showed its approval of her departure by a hearty round of applause.

The presentation of a fine sft model launch valued at 150 guineas, to be raffled under patriotic auspices for comforts for merchant seamen, was announced today by Mr. Vincent Ward, hon. secretary of the Wellington Metropolitan Patriotic Committee. The boat was a particularly fine piece of workmanship, he said. It was five feet long and represented two months of solid work in evenings and weekends on tihe part of its makers and donors, Messrs. H. G. Mayer, P. H. Mayer, and C. Levin, and through the courtesy of the D.I.C. it was now on display along with an attractive arrangement of other models. It was anticipated, Mr. Ward said, that public appreciation for the magnificent work of the men of the Merchant Navy would be reflected in a substantial sum being raised in this i-affle. A second prize of £10 worth of groceries had been arranged for. Tickets were procurable at Is each at various points in the city. A band of enthusiastic women specially interested in the merchant seamen's, comforts committee was giving its.full co-operation in the effort.

When expounding Labour's rehabilitation policy, the Labour candidate for Egmont (Mr. E. T. Cox) was urged by a member of his Eltham audience to publish the details. Looking at the reporters present, Mr. Cox said, "They'll publish it. The newspapers will publish anything I say. If they don't, they might find themselves taken over. More unlikely things have occurred before."

"What a lousy thing to do," remarked a member of the audience (a lady) when Private C. S. Teece, Democratic Labour (Wellington South), stated at Berhampqre last night that, though he was receiving no Army pay during the campaign, he had that day received his levy book by post with the information that the quarterly instalment, due in August, was unpaid. "I agree with the lady's remark," said the candidate. "I was in the Army at the time the payment was due, and I am going to refuse to pay it. They did extend me the courtesy of attaching a little note to the effect that if I paid by September 28 the penalty would not be imposed." Control of Public Utilities.

"Why not let private enterprise run the post offices?" said a member of the audience to Mr. N. P. Croft, National candidate for Hutt, at a meeting this week. "I think we should be sensible in these matters," Mr. Croft replied. "Experience has proved that some public utilities must be controlled by the State. That is a very different proposition from advocating that everything should be State-owned."

Speaking at Carterton last night Mr. J. J. Maher, National candidate for Wairarapa, commented on what he called the broadcast by Mr. Clive Drummond on behalf of Mr. Davy's Independent Group and said that if Mr. Drummond had been.leader of the Labour Party he could not have made a more appropriate Labour speech. It was quite evident, said Mr. Maher, that Mr. Drummond was eagerly aspiring to take the place of Mr. Scrimgeour in the radio world.

Another candidate to have the unusual experience of an adverse motion being passed at the conclusion of a campaign meeting is Mr. F. L. Frost (Labour, New Plymouth). Questions asked by electors at a meeting addressed by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, at New Plymouth were in accordance with his promise made at that meeting, answered by Mr. F. L. Frost, M.P., at Hillsborough. There were 28 electors present and they subsequently passed a motion of no confidence in the speaker as an amendment to a vote of thanks.