UNITED OPPOSITION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 118, 2 May 1936, Page 6

UNITED OPPOSITION

National Party Move For One Organisation CONFERENCE CALLED — By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 1. A conference of delegates from the electorates of New Zealand has keen called by the Dominion executive of the National Party. It I will be held at Wellington on May ' 13 and 14. Mr 0. H. Weston, K.C., chairman of the Dominion executive, said in an interview to-night that an excellent response had been received to tho invitations, some electorates deciding to send as many as six delegates each. “The principal business of the con ference will be a new organisation,’’ Mr Weston said. “The result of the poll in November last has made possible —in fact, necessary—a certain amount of reconstruction, and the party is to be reconstituted on a basis 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 of a similar purpose in its efforts to organise for next election to be held two years and a half 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 elective principles, is to be considered by the conference. Under the constitution electorate committees and divisional 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 invited.’’ Mr Weston 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 the large financial commitments being made with no definite information as to how they were to be met ultimately by the taxpayer and the consuming public.