“4 KEY AUCKLAND SEATS WILL DECIDE GENERAL ELECTION”
(S.R.) WELLINGTON, Mar. 7. Four Auckland seats at present t held by the Government, namely, J Otahuhu, Roskill, North Shore, and •- Tamaki, will, in the opinion of the .. Leader of the Opposition, Mr. S. G. Holland, provide the key to the > state of the parties after the next general election.
He also considered that his party has the brightest chance of recapturing the Raglan seat by a very narrow majority for the Government. “I am not one who counts his chickens before they are hatched,” said Mr. Holland today, but there is every indication in my tour of the Waikato, Auckland and North Auckland that the National Party .will substantially improve its position.” Confidence Everywhere He said he had found everywhere an atmosphere of confidence and determination to make this year the most successful in the party’s history. Mr. Holland said the National Party intended to contest all eighty seats throughout the Dominion in the general election. So far as he knew, all the sitting National members, with the exception of Mr. J. R. Hanan (Invercargill), would again be candidates. One of the outstanding impressions of his tour, said Mr. Holland, was of the greatly increased interest of womenfolk and young people in political issues. He had been pleasantly surprised to note a change of heart among many Maori people who were up against the steadily mounting cost of living and difficulty in obtaining suppliesNo Better Off .Womenfolk found as a result of the tremendous increase in living costs that they seemed to be no better off than formerly, even with higher wages. Other factors which were building up a demand for a change of Government were the inability of the Labour Government to maintain peace in industry and prevent defiance of the law.
Mr. Holland, who left for Christchurch last night, will sail for Australia on Thursday week, returning to ihe Dominion early in May. Mr. K. J. Holyoake will be actingleader of the party during Mr. Holland’s absence-
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22889, 8 March 1949, Page 5
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