COMING ELECTION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 227, 23 August 1928, Page 6

COMING ELECTION.

MANY REFORM CANDIDATES,

(By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 22. “My worries,” remarked Mr W. E. Parry in the House of Representatives when All- J. A. Nash was stating that the latter no doubt would like him to give up calling him a Bolshevik. "Ilie Labour Party have had the ‘soft pedal’ on since they became the Official Opposition,” said Mr Nash. “To talk about Soviet Russia now doesn’t suit them. They would like to get rid of the idea that they are Bolsheviks; they want to be known as the Opposition. We used to get quite a lot of Russia served up in the House once. Now we find the member for Avon ,Alr D. G. Sullivan) stating that the workers' of New Zealand are better off than they are in Russia, and we must give him credit for changing his views.” This discussion took place whilst the House was discussing the Labour amendment about waste of time-. Mr Nash said that the delays had been largely caused by the moving of continuous amendments by the Labour Opposition. They had caused a great waste of time. As to what one of the Labour speakers had said about the Reform trouble over candidates in YV ellington East, there was no doubt that there was trouble in connection with a plethora of candidates. The party had the greatest difficulty in straightening these matters out, the reason for there being so many candidates being the popularity of the party. Therefore, why should the Opposition worry ? He (Mr Nash) had been in Parliament for ten years. Labour members: Too long, too long. (Laughter.) Air Nash: “A great deal too long no doubt for some people,' but my people don’t think so, and I just wish to tell you that I’ll be here again,” added Air Nash convincingly. A Labour member: “You 11 be left behind. . Air Nash (promptly): Nothing will be left behind except the Labour candidate. (Laughter.) He’s the one who will be left behind.