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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21004, 5 April 1938, Page 7

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LABOUR’S SUCCESS IN WEEK-END COMMENT ON POLICY IN NEW ZEALAND United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, April 4. “The Labour Daily” says that two events of great importance to Australians occurred during the week-end. Labour swept the poll in Queensland, and the Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand announced a national insurance scheme which will make all Australians envious. These two great achievements of the Labour Governments, coming so soon on top of the disastrous defeat of Labour under Mr J. T. Lang in New South Wales, will give electors here much food for thought. The New Zealand insurance plan will give security to every man, woman and child in the Dominion, and it is probably the greatest piece of legislation of the past 20 years. Under Mr Savage’s plan no New Zealander need ever fear old age or sickness.

GAINS AND LOSSES POLLING RESULTS IN QUENSLAND United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received April 4, 1.50 p.m.) BRISBANE, April 4 The latest election returns indicate that the Labour total will be reduced by only one. Although it appears definite that two metropolitan seats will be lost, there are indications that the Party will hold one doubtful Country seat, and that it will gain another previously regarded safe for the Country Party. Five seats are still classed as doubtful.