LABOUR LEADER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 August 1928, Page 5

LABOUR LEADER

. MR RAMSAY MACDONALD IN CANADA United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copjyight. . Australian Press Association. —United ' Service. QUEBEC, 3rd August. Mr Ramsay MacDonald, Leader of the English Labour Party, has arrived from Britain accompanied by his three daughters. They intend to tour Canada from coast to coast. THE COMING ELECTION Australian PreßS Association.—United Service. QUEBEC, 4th August. Interviewed, Mr Ramsay MacDonald said the British railway agreement was not a reduction, because 'the employees accepted the former wages, getting permanent instead of irregular'work. Commenting on the elections, he said the Conservatives were decidedly due for a hard blow. They had done nothing towards utilising the natural resources and attempting a real solution of the unemployment problem. Immigration was the best present way. The trouble was that Canada wanted the best, leaving Britain the derelicts, the old, and the diseased. The situation called for the Government’s putting its cards on the table and finding a solution. Tire Liberals would make no headway at the elections,' and Labour was under a handicap. The Conservatives had organised for a strong campaign and tho newspapers were behind them.