BRITISH ELECTION FLASHES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17639, 1 December 1931, Page 4

BRITISH ELECTION FLASHES

PAYING THE FOREIGNER T or.l roT; V T •-•igM'm corn I'l- |l;eiT !|-'M|I: n ’ 1)” ,1.,,.- 1 offs. U'u ~»V 1,, o-it a fiD ’’ or ! Peso enr,.Vi.-o-; r , I’ (* . 5 f ,,,.,'| f•, V : -jo >ir t’o-ol -| ) vide deficit lII’ cion non ono. T \OK ov nrrtr ANT) PARA (' TTY so.- yi.i c;D,) p]vmou(M: T on, not- ~bic M, -- Oil 1* SilCoHUf ..V 1. T aei re-dr i o Im'im-n tbev am y OiiO'iM 'K v-r, are 'a f'Vrir ’ola'A. IViT T nr, „ n iiOT fo aCM j'b-rn «r a beck of of 11,.. idrcum ;In„|.|m in M-hirli we «•>.! iniv«lri's. 1 am gniipr to accuse diem of lack of faith and of lack of co'jvicity In d-.1t,,"- willi ;m rim'riD'prv s„,-.i| -at, that wliich confrouts ns now. TNPOMPET ENT A NT) f'O \V A RDLY 'Earl Reel (<u TVHiinQ; T should not be kiiHoused if fire Socialists were swept off (bp free of Die earth alfo'o'ther. The Socialist spirit is not flic suirtf < r flmcountry. AVe now know Dial- besides being incompetent they are cowards. 1 SAATNG THE SAA'TNGS .Mr. AV. ft. Oniisby-ftore (at Yox.nll, ivo'ir LichfieldA; Cln.m upon £300,000.000 were deposited by poor people with the Post Office. The security for this was the TP-if ieli Oovernmenf. giltedged securities. Tt was therefore his dipv'to endeavor fo the best of his ability to nm'ntain Dio true value of fill' money so invested, and to save the British pound and the working classes from being ruined hv Socialist recklessness. and bv the lack of confidence of other countries in this country.

“STAMP TOGETHER” Mr. Winston * 'hiirclivH fat Sheering. Enpingl: “The Socialists have cut all the claws from flic feet of the British lion. They have cut his mane, they have cut his tail, and 111. 1 poor animal does no! know where to sit; if is so sore. Wo can onlv preserve the high and improving culture of civilisation we are building up in these islands if we stand together. At this juncture we should try to elect a patriotic Parliament, and you really must leave tilings to them.” GROWTH OF EXPENDITURE .London Daily Telegraph: As effective as anything in the Chancellor’s address was his simple recital of the facts as to the growth of public expenditure since Ire entered Parliament 25 years ago. The cost, of the social services is more than 13 times greater; and we are paying for the dole alone more than the whole of the national expenditure in 1906! Is it any wonder if the world has doubts of our continuing solvency? Tlu* wonder—the appalling revelation of danger in our politics—is that the Opposition to-dav not merely denounce retrenchment, but, proposes to hmp yet more gigantic burdens upon industry. Per if ;is industry—the livelihood of the workers —that pays, and must, pay; and the National Government, is facing its task because none of its members, nnv more than Air. Snowden, wish to see that livelihood “brought to rack aird ruin. ’’