DOMINION POLITICS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 229, 27 August 1932, Page 6

DOMINION POLITICS

COALITION CABINET. HARMONIOUS RELATIONS. Per Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, Aug. 27. In the course of an interview regarding the present Parliament, Hon. A. D. McLeod, M.P., for Wairarapa, said it could be accepted as 9 uh-e correct that the members of the Coalition Cabinet were working together iiarmoniouslv, but it was well known that strong yet friendly differences or opinion existed as to the best means ot overcoming the effect of the depression. He did not think that grounds existed for stating that any serious break might take place between the political parties supporting the Coalition. If later a rupture occurred, ho felt sure it would not be along the old lines of Reform and United, but along the lines of town versus country. Unfortunately, said Mr McLeod, a considerable section of the city press lias been responsible for assisting towards a rupture, and political Labour was taking every advantage of the city v. country feeling which it was useless denying had rapidly developed since the general election. In the absence ot details of the Ottawa decisions, ho was not prepared to say more than it would be a pity if all tho sections supporting the Government did not unite to support the steps taken there to cement the economic unity of the Empire and assist world trade.