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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 64, 25 October 1928, Page 3

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m m m m m mm. ■m WM wc A v .-•••• • “*ss*. Farmei —it’s the weight of the Clip and the Butter=fat yield that count in Farming. So also in Politics—you judge a party by its ACHIEVEMENT A -aw bold and arresting Facts emerge from a study of political happenings during ue three years of the Coates Administration. w® i In the first place, no previous Government in the history of New Zealand has given the Farmers’ needs such close attention, has understood their position so well, and has helped so much to make their finances easier, to increase their production, and to extend to them the comforts and pleasures enjoyed by people in the towns. Every political party talks a lot about “assisting the man on the land”; but the Coates Party has not merely talked. h- ¥ ¥ Many of you drive over better roads than you had three years ago —and pay less for them—and find your motor-car tyres last much longer—thanks to the Coates Government. ¥ ¥ ¥ Many of you enjoy the benefits of electric power for milking plant and shearing machines, and have brighter homes because of cheap electric light, power, and heat—thanks to the Coates Government. Many of you have received a share of the £1 1,000,000 advanced to farmers, at exceptionally low interest rates, during the past three years, per medium of State Advances, Rural Credit and Intermediate Rural Credit Departments. Thanks to the Coates Government. ¥ ¥ ¥ Pig-breeders are being assisted by a special subsidy, spread over three years —Fruit-growers have the advantage of a Government guarantee —Poultrykeepers are being assisted by an experimental farm —the Wheat Industry has been safeguarded—all through the actions of the Coates Government. Thousands of you enjoy a pleasure-and-business trip occasionally on one of the special ‘Tameers’ Trains,” run mainly in connection with A. and P. Shows—another innovation of the Coates Government. You dairy-farmers are benefitting, directly or indirectly by the Herd-Testing that is being carried on with Government aid, £B,OOO having been paid to assist last year, and more being paid this year. Another bit of help from the Coates Government. ¥ ¥ ¥ The manure and lime you need for bigger crops are now being carried on the railways at a very cheap rate (far below cost) —thanks to the Coates Government. V Thousands of country children are being benefited in body and mind by the work of the School Medical and Dental Divisions, by the State-assisted Plunket Society, and by the conveyance of scholars to Consolidated Schools—this conveyance alone now costs £BO,OOO annually. The Coates Government stands for the welfare of children, ¥ Economies in the cost of carrying on the government of the country have been continually made, and last year the cost was lower than it has been for many years. Another testimony to the efficiency of the Coates Government, V¥ . ¥ The establishment of an Agricultural College in the North Island (Massey College), as well as in the South (at Lincoln), means that ambitious farmers everywhere can secure “higher education” in the science and practice of farming. Another achievement of the Coates Government. ¥ ¥ ¥ A good-sized book could be filled with details of the above and other achievements by the Reform Government in the interests of Farmers. Farmers—let the FACTS guide and convince you. Criticism is easy—promises are cheap when unsupported by performance. WJ at th -s Reform Government has done it will continue to do—it will help you and yo; rwi '•es and children in every practicable way—it will do all in its power to promote your prosperity and happiness IS IT WORTH WHILE TAKING RISKS WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF A CERTAINTY? There is on y ONE of the political parties in the field to-day which electors can vote for with a c mfident sense of Security as to the Future—That is the Reform Party. Safeguard Your Interests — I Candidates