VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17639, 1 December 1931, Page 9

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

PREMIER AT AUCKLAND LABOR PARTY CRITICISED INTKRRUmONS DROWNED

lPer Press Association ) AUCKLAND, last night. With the ant ot a load speaker suspended in the body of the hall, the I'rime Minister, tne iti. lion. G. \\ . I* or lies, ctfe. lively coni lotted the efforts i»! iiuerjc; tors at a pae.ted meeting) in the Auckland Town Hall this evening. Interrupiurs iommeiiied early in the evening, rmt the loud speaker daunted their efforts and Mr. Forbes was rarely oil god to halt m delivering his address. Before introducing the Prime. Minister, the chairman appealed to the audience to give Mr. Forbes the same quiet hearing that had been given to the leader of tile Laioi' Party. Air. Holland, when he addressed an Auckland audience. He warned those in the gallery that disorder or organised interruptions would be dealt with by the police. Mr. Forbes einpiiaueally denied that tin* Labor i'arty bad not been invited to join a national Government at the interparty committee, when the serious position of the country was revealed to all members. ”f told the committee that, a national Government must be formed ti carry on,” Air. Forbes continued. ‘‘And it was then that 1 asked Mr. Holland across the table if lie would come in with us. He said lie would do so only if we would put his policy into practice. Now he claimed he did not receive a letter of invitation. AA hat could be more direct than a personal request across the council table.” NOT RUNNNING AWAY Dealing with another statement by the Leader of the Opposition, Ah'. Forbes denied a ruuior that he was likely to resign front power and accept the post of High Commissioner for New Zealand. Sueli .statements left the impression that be was gluing to desert Jus da y. He bad no intention of doing so. “The people of Now Zealand trust me, to do the right thing,” said Air. Forbes, amid an uproar. ”1 am not going to be led away from my job, no matter how much Air. Holland may wish me to leave the country.” Air. Forbes braved a storm of jeering and interruption to deal with the conditions which enforced the wages cut. A ll v reference to the. La mr Party or Air'. Holland was the. signal for outbursts of i heerimr from the gallery.

“Fvervt hing that has been done to 1-al,"nee Hie finances of the country has been strcnuouslv resisted by Labor members,” Mis Forbes said. * ‘lf it is their belief that they can profit from wrecking' the finances of the country, then they are false to their pledges as leaders of (ho Labor movement. Mr. Holland has said the bunkers told the inter-party p onoinie committee they could easily mire £23.000.CC0. That is absolutely on’rue. The hankers said that, if the money was urgently required for a scheme which would he permanent and definitely mMuHo. they might be able to raise' £5.000.000.” A'r. Forbes said it was the intention of the Government to go thoroughly into tin question of arbitration and sweep a wav resl ri"! ions which were prevcnHng emnlovers from offering work of some sort to unemployed. At- the conclusion of Ins address, a vt" of 'hanks and confidr-wo in Air. Forces ! ’ s leader of the Coalition Government was moved. When the uproar subsided, the chairman declared it. carried by a ten to one majority. AVE3T COAST SEATS TOUR EY MINISTER (Ppt Assorial ion.) GREY MOUTH, Inst, night, Tho Hon. K. A. Ransom to-day loured the Westland electorate with the Coalition candidate, Mr. J. W. (treenslade, speaking at Otira. Kumara, Hokitika, and Greviiiouth, having large, audiences at the two latter places. He dealt with the coal importation anil justified the 10 per cent. cut. He stated the Government's land settlement record and denied that Labor’s financial policy was a practicable one. Votes of thanks were recorded Mr. Ransom, who proceeds to-morrow to the liuller electorate. •