AUSTRALIAN ELECTION.
FEDERAL CAMPAIGN. COUNTRY PARTY’S POLICY. SYDNEY, Nov. 30. The first policy speech or the Federal election campaign was delivered to-night by Dr. Earle Page, Leader of the United Country Party. The main features of the policy are the subdivision of unwieldy States, the immediate revision of prohibitive tariff duties affecting primary producers, the introduction or strengthening of legislation for the deportation of Communists and alien enemies. Dr. Page declared that the popular feeling of the country was that the Communists should be removed from public life. His party desired that the Federal Arbitration Court should deal solely with minimum wages and maximum hours, leaving all other industrial problems to local conciliation boards. Industry should be unfettered as far as possible, and free use should be made of the secret ballot. The party would resist any attempt at financial reform except, upon orthodox lines. Trade treaties with foreign countries which could buy Australian goods on the most • favoured nation principle would be advocated, as would be export control boards for such primary industries as wanted them.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 1, 1 December 1931, Page 7
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177AUSTRALIAN ELECTION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 1, 1 December 1931, Page 7
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