LABOUR AND LOYALTY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 October 1925, Page 9

LABOUR AND LOYALTY

_ ATTACK MY .Ml! iIAMMIS The objection of l.abour to the Gov- ■ riiine'it immigration -system on **J•' ground that it brings people Id ©3 Dominion, who will become* ft iff. I,i<e ~,,1.11.1 uiu.y IMIS I ii.iuc„f,cu »->.* .I*l y 1 i i •.:•/•!, Government candidate for V\ai-ieina-la', at the Anglican Church room. . i 1 liortl. .Mr Harris denied thant any Govern-ment-assisted immigrants had _ been drown upon the public funds, those wile had were persons who had paid j iu-*ir wimie passage money, and the (Miveiinnent could hardly inieriere in r.nglaml 1 1. prevent such people lroni , mbarking. All nominated immigrants had ..-proved themselves reputable citizens, and none were being brought, out tor occupations ether than those in ■ liich labmir could readily he absorbed. '1 he candidate's statement of the l.uhonr policy was contradicted by several uderjeetors, wlio also objected vehemently when lie attributed a cmnmmiistic tendency to the Labour Parly. lie quoted utterances bv some of its leaders at the conferences, .as reported in their own newspaper. There was, he declard, rot- one Labour leader iji the country who was not openly and ilagrantly disloyal to tin: Crown of the British Court it ut ion—not one who could stand up r.nd sing "God Save the King.” Here an excited interjectin' sprang to lus feet, and, brandishing his arms. : sued : “What about Lysnar and his void during tip, war? Was that patriotism?” Mr Harris replied that he was not concerned witn .Mr Lysnar’s personal action. The issue in the elecwon was between loyally to tip. Crown and tne Dominion, on the one hand, nml bolshevism on the other. A questioner wished to know when the Government ceased bringing out general labourers under tli e nominated immigration system, and asserted that lie knew of such persons having come to Auckland within th e , last, ten months. Mr Harris stoutly asserted that only tradespeople or other workers for whom employment was actually waiting ,veiv brought- out, under Government cu spices, and the nominator of each was required to give guarantees of employment and of 'maintenance for a reasonable period. The candidate received a unanimous M.le of confidence.