POLITICAL PARTIES

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 69, 1 November 1928, Page 5

POLITICAL PARTIES

WKIJj MIX HI) Vl\ MR B. WALTER’S VIEWS. At liis meeting at Wharehuia on Tuesday Mr E. Walter, M.P., reiterated his opinion as to t'he lack of policy on the part of his opponent, Mr W. J. Poison. The position to-day, he said, was a peculiar one. The old Liberal Party was a thing of the past and th e Uniteds and t'he Independents were now the Tories of New Zealand. - He had noticed that some of the old “shell-hacked Tories” had drifted to the opposite camp, while many cf the true Liberals had come to support Reform. The position was peculiar in a further sense. The so-called LiberalDemocratic Party that had made democracy its watchword had imported a wealthy squatter from an outside district to contest the seat. A man, be it remembered, who probably owned more sheep than anyone in the electorate. This, in itself, was a surprising action. Mr. Walter said his opponent had no policy to urge except that 1 of misrepresentation, abus e and criticism. , _ i