AIMS OF GOVERNMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22543, 7 October 1936, Page 14

AIMS OF GOVERNMENT

HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING FAREWELL TO MR. NASH [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Tuesday "Never in any other eight months in tho history of this country have so many important Acts been written on tho Statute Book," said tho Hon. W. Nash, Minister of Finance, when speaking at a farewell function at Lower Hutt. "Wo are not going to wreck tho country. We are definitely set on tho road to build it up and make ?t the finest country in tho world. Tho standard of living in Now Zealand is tho highest in tho world, but it can bo much better." A remarkable tribute to tho administration.of the Labour Party had been given by tho voting at tho Manukau by-election, said Mr. Nash. Ho was proud of the fact that after tho Government had written what was imperative? and important An the Statuto Book, they should win the -seat by 4400 votes with a candidate not well known in Manukau.

Mr. Nash said that from what he had hcoy told by an Knglish visitor, if tho Labour Government in New Zealand should win tho votes of the peoplo a second time, Britain would have a Labour Government after tho next general election. New Zealand was a country in which tho people of Britain were profoundly interested, and if Labour succeeded here its triumph would bo twofold.