LABOUR READY FOR TEST

Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1935, Page 2

LABOUR READY FOR TEST

MR. SIMPSON AT WESTMERE. He believed that the ballot box was sufficient to carry out the policy of the Labour Party, said Mr. W. G. Simpson, Labour candidate for Patea, in an address at Westmere on Thursday. A questioner had asked whether Labour would have sufficient power to put through its legislation if it was opposed by strong interests. “If the issue is t-, be raised, then the quicker it is put to the test the better,” ‘ said Mr. Simpson. Labour, in any case, was prepared to meet it. Mr. Simpson said he did not believe that the recent attack by Mr. Dickie on Dr. Adams in connection with voting on salary reductions was carrying much weight. Dr. Adams had only carried out at Wanganui what Mr. Dickie had done in the House. Mr. Simpson refuted a statement by Dr. Adams that the Labour Party stood for the abolition of the laws of inheritance. It was amusing that Labour should be charged with bringing into its policy a point that had merely been a remit to conference and not adopted, Mr. Simpson was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence.