NATIONAL PARTY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25276, 13 July 1943, Page 2

NATIONAL PARTY

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DIVISION ANNUAL MEETING OF DELEGATES The annual meeting of delegates from all the electorates in the Otago and Southland division of the National Party was held on Saturday in Dunedin. Mr W. S. Armitage presided over an attendance of 50 delegates, The Dominion president, Mr A. Gordon, of Hamilton, reviewed the party’s prospects for the forthcoming general election. He dealt with the party’s policy, matters of organisation and publicity, and the place of Independent candidates m the democratic system. Speaking of the reported formation of a Farmers Party in the north, he claimed that the policy of the National Party approached nearer to the points in the published platform of the Farmers’ Union than that of any other party. ... , . Representatives of the electorates reported on the position in their districts in respect to the party's candidates, membership, and finance. The following office-bearers were elected; —Chairman, Mr E. J. Smith, deputy chairman, Mr W. S. Armitage; Otago and Southland representatives on the Dominion Council—Mrs T. L. Macdonald (Mataura) and Messrs J. Andrew (Central Otago) and J. Fowler (Awarua). The meeting unanimously endorsed the nomination of Mr A. Gordon (Hamilton) for re-election as president of the party, and other nominations for Dominion office were South Island woman vicepresident, Mrs J. Stewart (Wallace); vicepresident from the Otago and Southland division, Mr G. W. Lane.