THE BUDGET
ATTITUDE OF REFORM “NOT WITHOUT INTEREST” Another cduchH'o'fiiHie Reform- Party was hold yesterday to discuss the altitude the party will adopt towards the proposal's contaiiied- ill the Budget, hut when seen by a ‘“Post” reporter in the afternoon Hie Leader of the Opposition (the Right lion. J. (,i. Coates) said tlmt lie had no statement to make. In reply to a question, lie said that he was not certain yet whether he or (lie Hon. W. Downie Stewart would initiate the Budget debate hut he admitted with a smile that whoever spoke the occasion would not he devoid of interest. Labour members are awaiting with interest the attitude the Reform Party decides to adopt, although the expectation is that Reform will undertake no action that will in any way imperil the position of the Government on the Treasury benches. It was suggested that the main problem before the Reform Party was to devise a suitable excuse for not forcing a dissolution or, failing that, to so arrange the division of forces at the crucial moment in tho House as to avoid the Government’s defeat by a narrow margin.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 August 1931, Page 6
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190THE BUDGET Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 August 1931, Page 6
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