PARODIES ON VIEWS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7146, 16 December 1949, Page 5

PARODIES ON VIEWS

BETWEEN MUTUAL FRIENDS “What did you think of the election? What surprises me is the bitter feelings expressed by Labourites—the staff where X works are all Labour Party members except the owner and X and neither of these two dare express National Party views else they would all 24 of them walk out on the job. All married women with their men in Government jobs all over the city. These girls (or woman I suppose they call themselves) are firmly convinced that ttye National Party carry a slump around their neck (like a good fox <ur), and that they intend to flood New Zealand with cheap goods, closing down industries opened by the Labour Party and they will then all be out of jobs—they agree no one can touch Walter and that Holland will have to retain him (by Divine Right I suppose), and that awful cartoon of poor Mr Fraser going off in a Maori canoe—lt’s Cruel!!” The above was an extract from an actual letter between mutual friends. The writer continued on to say “This kind of thing goes on in most workrooms and where there are two staunch National Party supporters you can imagine the strain any head has to work under considering the atmosphere.”