LABOUR PRAISED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20762, 24 June 1937, Page 9

LABOUR PRAISED

DELEGATES ENTERTAINED IN ENGLAND United Press Association —By Electric relPßraph Conyrtßhf (Received June 23, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 22. Under the chairmanship of Mr C. R. Attlee (Leader of the British Parliamentary Labour Party), the Labour Party tendered a dinner to Mr M. J. Savage. Mr Ernest Bevin proposed the toast of the Government of New Zealand which, he said, had proved that all the brains were not in Europe. The Dominion was giving a lead to the Mother Country. He hoped that Australia would follow the example at the next election. Mr Bevin prayed that Australia would achieve an equal Labour unity. Mr Savage declared there was little opposition left in New Zealand. The possibility of the application of further quotas on New Zealand produce entering Britain would act as a deterrent to migration. “I would extremely regret any move to force us into that position,” added Mr Savage. “If the Empire is to live, its components must accomplish this together.” Mr W. J. Jordan (New Zealand High Commissioner) reiterated his denial of the allegation that his speech at Geneva had been blue pencilled by Mr Anthony Eden. He said that any attempt to interfere with New Zealand’s foreign policy would have been regarded as an insult. Mr Eden was actually amending his own speech, which previously he had shown to Mr Jordan.