The Country Party
The United New Zealand Political Party, by the way, also appears to have been making a mild demonstration in Chnstchui ch, either on its own initiative or at the request of one section or another of the Liberal Party. “We arc right on the job," a modest sponsor of the movement, too shy to disclose Ins name, told a reporter, "and at the next election will contest about seventy of the eighty Parliamentary scats. The name of the party has not yet been decided upon, neither has the permanent leader been appointed Mr. George Forbes is the leader of the National Paity, which has joined up as a body. The Country Party in the Auckland Province has also promised to work amicably with us. A great deal of preliminary work has already been done, and splendid support is assured. We will have no difficulty in securing suitable candidates for all the seats, which it is decided to contest.” On Saturday a correspondent assured the “Evening Post” that the Country Party in the Waikato District had no working agreement whatever with the United Party. And so the plots of the parties continue to deepen.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6551, 7 March 1928, Page 6
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196The Country Party Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6551, 7 March 1928, Page 6
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