RUMOUR DENIED

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 285, 30 October 1928, Page 6

RUMOUR DENIED

ENTIRELY WITHOUT FOUNDATION MEN ON RAILWAY DEVIATION. “I presume we have some of the employees from the railway deviation present at this meeting,” said Mr J. A. Nash in his political address at the Opera House last night. A voice: You are correct. Mr Nash stated that he had devoted a good-deal of time to getting Palmerston North men employment there. Some had appreciated it, but of late a pernicious rumour had been circulated among the workers that it was only a political move. He emphatically refuted that rumour, which suggested that after the election, the number of employees would be c . ut d° w “, half, and wages reduced to 12s 6d a day. In siipport of his strong denial of the allegation made, the candidate read the following communication received from the Prime Minister. “The rumour to the effect that the Government intends to reduce, after the elections, the number of men on ordinary developmental works now in progress is entirely without foundation, as also is the rumour which is being circulated that the Government intends to bring about a reduction in wages. Both are obviously circulated for political purposes by the opponents of the Government.” “Is there anything to support the rumour?” challenged Mr Nash. “Place your reliance on me and not on Labour. I have heard one or two remarkable statements to-day. When you take the public platform you hear all the worst things about yourself. The method adopted at the deviation, however, is tantamount to hitting below the belt. It is not playing the game;