NO FUSION

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20107, 14 May 1935, Page 8

NO FUSION

REFORM AND UNITED PARTIES ELECTION ARRANGEMENT By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, May 13. “There is no fusion,” said the Hon. Adam Hamilton, in a telephone interview this evening, discussing the political situation and the statement from the committee of the two parties published this morning. When it was suggested to Mr Hamilton that there was a belief stimulated by the statement that the two parties would go out of existence and that the National Party should take their places, he said that apparently confusion had arisen in the minds of some people over the central organisation. There was no suggestion, he said, of the two parties losing their identity, but for the election a central organisation was needed. There had been no fusion and, indeed, there had been no inter-party caucus to discuss the subject. The Reform Party was agreeing to co-operation between the two parties for the election. The National Committee would organise the electorate in the interests of the two parties which would continue with their separate identity as they had done since the last election. A MEMBER S COMMENT By Telegraph—Press Association HASTINGS. May 13. Commenting on the report that an amalgamation between the United Party and Reform Party had been effected, Mr H. M. Campbell, MP., described the step as really a continuation of the arrangement that had been in force during the last four years. In his opinion it would not bring about any important alterations in the present personnel of the Cabinet, and was a wise step in that it would enable the two parties concerned to present a united front against the forces of extreme Labour.