Political Paragraphs

Northern Advocate, 28 October 1949, Page 8

Political Paragraphs

At Stake

'Heard Our Policy'

Meets Supporters

After his Town Hall address last night the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) met friends and supporters at a social function at the. Labour Party’s campaign rooms. Tic retired soon after supper had been completed, This morning the Prime Minister left by car for Kaikohe.

No Bandage

Although he had scalded his right hand severely on the previous night, the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) wore no bandage upon it when lie addressed electors at the Whangnrei Town Hall last night. After the meeting when being greeted by supporters and wellwishers he used his left hand for handshakes. In the handling of his notes and in his gestures during the address., the Prime Minister did not seem to be handicapp"l by his mishap.

• * » * Birth Of A Nation

Taxation was not invented by the Labour Governmbnt in New Zealand, said Mr D. L. Ross, the Government candidate for Marsden, during an address at the Kara Hall yesterday afternoon. “That great country, the United States, was brought into being by a tax on tea,” he said. “The tea was thrown into Boston Harbour, an incident which precipitated the revolution and resulted in the United States of America.'’ * * * » Depression

Mr F. W. Schramm! Labour candidate for Parnell, claimed at Newmarket last night that the National Pgrty had no policy and no platform. Mr Schramm said that if there was a world-wide depression and the National Party was in power it would meet the situation by increasing the hours of work and having thousands of people in the unemployment market. Tory parties legislated for the benefit of those who controlled the great wealth of the country, but the Labour Party legislated for the mass of the people and for their welfare.

Politician's Privilege

A gentleman who had described the Social Security Act as “applied lunacy” would be going around the country soon, saying, but with deceit in his heart, he would improve on it. This man was Mr S. G. Holland, said the Government candidate for Marsden, Mr D. L. Ross, at Kara yesterday.

"Wise gentlemen always change their minds,” said a member of the audience. “Who would trust with legislation a man who changes his mind just to get into power?” demanded Mr Ross.

* m Toffee Apple

The Postmaster - General (Mr Hackctt) who spoke at Grey Lynn last night said the coming election could be called a “toffee apple” election. The people today were eating a beautiful, rosy toffee apple and the National

Party would come along and offer.a better one, but the peopll should watch out because there would be brown rot in the National apple.

"The whole future of Socialism is at stake,” Mr T. E. Skinner, Labour M.P. for Tamaki, said at Ellerslie last night. "If we are thrown out after all our social legislation rvc will be regarded as a failure.”

"As I listened to the speech of the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) in Auckland on Tuesday night, the thought could not escape me that here was a party which had run its course,” said the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Holland), in his Christchurch speech last night. “Here was a party which had had its day, which had run out of ideas. It had no policy—until it had heard ours. (Laughter and applause). And the people to whom I have spoken in the last two days seem to have reached an amazing degree of unanimity—the one expression that seems to fit is that ‘they have had it.’ ”

Assails Press The National Party would never have held out except for the assistance received from the press from one end of the world to the other, the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Parry) said at Grey Lynn last night. The Labour >Party had never received any support from the daily press. Everything had been won through the Labour movement. Mr Parry said that today there was no longer the need for the speeches that Labour candidates delivered in 1935 and 1938, because the foundations of progress had been well and truly laid. Today their speeches would emphasise the achievements of the Government.