NATIONAL PARTY

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 May 1936, Page 7

NATIONAL PARTY

RE-ORGANISATION PLANS AN EARLY CONFERENCE [per press association.] WELLINGTON, May 1. A conference of delegates from the electorates of New Zealand has been called by the Dominion Executive of the National Party to be held at. Wellington on May 13 ami 14. Mr. C. H. Weston, K.C., who is chairman of the Dominion Executive, said, in an interview to-night that an excellent response had been received to invitations, some electorates deciding to send as many as six delegates. .“The principal business of the con ference will be new organisation,,” Mr. Weston said. “The result of tiie poll in November last has made possible. in fact necessary, a certain amount of reconstruction, and the Party is to be constituted on a b~Ms that will allow people holding views contrary to the present Government’s policy of socialisation of all activities to form themselves into one Party extending over New Zealand. The Party hopes to take advantage of its being in opposition, to unite all electors for a similar purpose, in its efforts to organise for the next election, to be held two and a-half years hence and, considering the nature of the Government’s programme, the possibility of an earlier election cannot be entirely disregarded. A new constitution for the Party, based on the elective principle, is to be considered by the conference. Under that constitution, an Electorate Committee and Dominion Councils will all be elected at the conference. The role of women and younger voters is to be specially considered, and their assistance is to be invited.”

Mr. v\ eston added that the Party organisation had reports from many parts of the Dominion that there was a feeling' of uneasiness abroad caused by the nature of the Government’s legislation, and by financial commitments being made with no definite information as to how they were to be met ultimately by the taxpayer and the consuming public.

BRITISH LIBERALS LONDON, April 30. Proposals are announced for the reorganisation of the Liberal Party, as the result of lengthy inquiry. The proposals urge that it is essential to aim at a majority in the House of Commons, for which subscriptions totalling at least £50,000 yearly are advisable. The proposed new constitution sets freedom first in all spheres. It will aim at world peace through the League of Nations. It will seek to increase the co-operation of the Dominions, while not aiming at imperial self-sufficiency.