LABOUR AND THE ELECTIONS
Special to the "Times.'' CHRISTCHURCH, October 6. "I agree with the suggestion that there should be an understanding arrived at between Labour and Liberal forces," said Mr Hiram Hunter, national president of the Social Democratic party, in an interview to-day. "I cannot agree, however that the ©mancipation of Labour lies along the lines which have been suggested by several members of Parliament. They suggest that the Social Democratic party should practically abandon its activities and rely on Liberalism at this election. If anything is to be done to bring about co-operation between Labour and Liberalism the Labour forces must be gjven full credit for the strength of their vote at the last election. If the Liberal party believes in proportional representation it should bo prepared to make a sacrifice to ensure the success of progressiva candidates, I think it is reasonable for the Social Democratic party to contend that the Liborals should withdraw their candidates where there is a strong labour vote. As a set-off the S D. P. would undertake to give active support to Liberal candidates in constituencies where there were no Labour candidates" .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19141007.2.6
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8857, 7 October 1914, Page 2
Word Count
190LABOUR AND THE ELECTIONS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8857, 7 October 1914, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in