NO-CONFIDENCE MOTIONS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 26 October 1928, Page 3

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTIONS

DECLARATIONS ftY CANDIDATES

LABOUR, AND ..UNITED PARTY

; Expressing a desire to hear the candidate's views on "the brea'd and biitter stuff," electors spent a merry hour, in bombarding Mr-J. B. Donald, United Party candidate/for Auckland-East, with questions on several, subjects at.the conclusion of his address in St. Andrew's Hall. Mr Donald, said, his.,,candidature bad not been of his .own seeking, but lip realised with others that the country needed., a ..vigorous Government. It bad been, said, that, there were, wily two Parties—Reform and Labour—but he wished to. say. there ( was only one real Party—the United Party. Loud applause greeted an assurance by the candidate that, in the event-of no Party being in. the majority in the House, he would advocate Labour .]atid .the United Party combining to oust the Government.

, '/if, Labour moves a vote of hp-con-ndehce. how will you vote?" was a question put to. Mr A, A. McEachlan, the United Party candidate for Rieearton. "The question is beset with difficulties," replied Mr McLachlan. "I don't want to • shuffle it. I cannot, in the interests of this country, support a leader wbo admits that be, carries, the brand of revolution, and. admits that he sees no.virtue in a man-unless he is aii extremist—namelv t Mr Holland." » » * *

Speaking, at Kokiri.jthe United candidate for Westland (Mr,,T V E, Y. ,Seddbn, M.P.) repeated that he would continue fo vote against any no-confidence motion moved bv the Labour-Socialist Leader (Mr H. '&. Holland) and that he would not sit on the Treasury Benches with any Party which depended upon the support of Labour. When he. criticised the Reform,Party it. was/not in a captious spirit or a carping, fnanher, but as one-that had a great deal of what he stood for.

; As already recorded, Mr..Ve'i'tchj (United candidate "for Wanganui). and. '.. Mr Sievwrfglit (the same; Party's Ota'ki .candidate) ..'.have, de'eKred. ,that .they would, jiat. support a -G.cryerhfrient. that ■was dependent upon Soeiah'st Labour's backing