LABOUR PARTY’S AIMS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12093, 21 March 1925, Page 6

LABOUR PARTY’S AIMS

ELECTION SUCCESS PROPHESIED. MR HOLLAND AT DUNEDIN. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Alarch 20. Mr ,H. E. Holland, leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party,* addressed -a v6ry large audience at the Early Settlers’ Hall to-night. The speaker was given a- very fine reception, and at the conclusion of his address was accorded a. hearty vote of thanks and confidence in the Labour Party. , REFORAI AND LIBERAL. I Air Holland said that he honestly i believed that in thfe coming election j Labour would win, and that the j Labour Party would achieve one of the | greatest victories Labour ever gained. | He said so far as the Reform and Lib--1 oral Parties were concerned .there was j no line of demarcation bbtween them. Mr T. AI. Wilford, Leader of the Liberal. Party, had consistently and inconsistently supported Air W. F. Massey, and had repeatedly stated that he would not assist the Labour Partv to gain the Government benches. That being so he asked them why they should vote for Air Wilford if they were opposed to Mr Alassey. land" AGGREGATION. The speaker dealt with the question of land aggregation, and said the Labour Party stood for the .occupancy of land, and the use of the land designed to give the farmer the full fruits for his labour and exertions. He asked what was wrong with this policy, and said both Air Alassey and Mr Wilford had vigorously opposed it. COMPENSATION TO WORKERS. He also dealt with the question of compensation, to workers, and said the Labour Party stood for the department governing this policy being in the hands of the State. The Labour Party would also make a determined effort to improve housing accommodation, and it believed in the national system of pensions. IMPORTATION OF COAL. I -Mr Holland severely criticised the system under which large quantities of coal were being brought to the!Dominion, and said there was no reason whatever why New Zealand could not rely on its own coal resources. He also dealt with other Matters on the lines of previous addresses, and said the real future of the Labour Party rested in the hands of the rank and file of the workers.