DEVELOPING LAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23159, 4 October 1938, Page 13

DEVELOPING LAND

ACTIVE POLICY URGED - r CONTEST IN WAIMARINO PROGRESS OF MR. C. A. BOLES [by tet,egrafh—-owx correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Monday The National Party candidate for Waimarino, Air. C. A. Boles, is engaged in a vigorous campaign throughout an extensive electorate. The keen interest of the doctors is indicated by the largo attendances at meotings. Tho sitting member is the Hon. F. Langstone, Minister of Lands. Mr. Boles has stressed the necessity for a sound progressive land policy to aid tho development of the King Country, Ho lias emphasised that rising costs have operated against the farmer, the town dweller and the bush worker. In the case of tho mill worker he has shown how tho 40-hour week has reduced the worker's pay envelope to an amount below that in times of previous prosperity. A free, unhampered Arbitration Court has been advocated as. the best means of improving and maintaining conditions for the worker. In discussing the Social Security Act, Mr. Boles, while advocating the necessity for providing for those unable to make .provision for their old age and sickness, has urged tho primary need of aiding those on the lower income scale. At every meeting the policy of the National Party has been well received and although at times there has been considerable interjection, in general the temper of tho meetings has been good, by far the greater section of the audience showing a desire to learn the policy of the party. The dominant feature" stressed by the candidate on all occasions is the danger of socialism engulfing democracy in the .Dominion.

USE OF THE RADIO ALLEGED ABUSE OF POWER PROPOSED ISSUE OF WRIT MINISTER'S APPROVAL SOUGHT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Monday The National candidate for Wellington Central, Mr. W. Appleton, states emphatically that he was not bluffing when, on' Thursday evening, he announced his intention of issuing a writ in the Supreme Court to restrain the Prime ■ Minister, Mr. Savage, from using the country's broadcasting facilities for election purposes in the way he i,s at the present time. According -to legal advice he had taken, Mr. Appleton said, the present arrangements' constituted a breach of section 14 of the Broadcasting Act, and the allocation of speeches was an abuse of Ministerial powers. He had been further advised, however, that the approval of the Attorney-General was necessary before a private citizen could commence an action for an injunction. In this connection, accordingly, he had sent a telegram to the AttorneyGeneral, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, at Auckland, indicating to him the nature of the legal advice he had been tendered, and respectfully applying for approval to issue proceedings, and stating he would undertake full liability for the costs. , As soon as he was given the approval to proceed he would take steps to' issue a writ for an injunction through the Supreme Court.. The Attorney-General, interviewed in Whangarei yesterday afternoon, said lie had received Mr. 'Appleton's telegram, but owing to his oeing in the North away from any legal works he could refer to, he had referred the question to the Soliictor-General to look into. Mr. Mason said he did* not know what section 14 of the Act was. It was the first occasion the position had been brought to his notice. What action would be taken would depend on the Solicitor-General's comments. The At-torney-General will return to Auckland on Saturday morning. '

AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE MR. J. N. MASSEY AT MANUREWA A meeting of over 50 people was addressed by Mr. J. N. Massey, National candidate for Franklin, in the Manurewa Town Hall last night. Mr. Massey, who spoke on the lines of his previous speeches, was given an attentive hearing, although a sprinkling of Labour supporters kept up a fairly constant stream of interjections. These were, however, good-nat.ured and there was no attempt at obstruction. The Mayor of Manurewa, Mr. W. Ferguson, presided. Mr. Massey's reference to the furniture boiitis caused some comment from the minority at the back of the hall, and in reply the speaker said the Labour Party seemed to take the schemo as a joke, but it was a joke which young married couples would appreciate. j At the end of his address Mr. Massey answered a number of questions, after which a vote of thanks to the speaker and of confidence in the National Party was carried with applause and cheers.