PRIME MINISTER’S TOUR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1938, Page 8

PRIME MINISTER’S TOUR

AUDIENCE FILLS THREE HALLS. ADDRESS AT NEW PLYMOUTH. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, October 7. One of the largest political meetings ever held in New Plymouth was addressed tonight by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon M. J. Savage. Between 3000 and 4000 people gathered in three halls and the street listening to his exposition of the Government's policy. Mr Savage visited both overflow meetings and both there and at . the main assembly he was cheered to the echo. The meeting terminated with a vote of confidence, and a crowd gathered outside the hall and at Mr Savage’s hotel to cheer him again. Thousands of people lined the streets while Mr Savage was driving from hall to hall. ARRIVAL IN AUCKLAND FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. AUCKLAND, This Day. The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon M. J. Savage was cheered by the crowd at the railway station on his arrival on the Limited from Wellington. Among those who welcomed him were members of the Labour Party and the Town Clerk, Mr J. Melling. Mr Savage proceeded to his hotel and later visited Ellerslie for the opening of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting. Tonight he will be the guest of the Labour Club. On Monday he meets his constituents and attends a Labour Ball. On Tuesday he gives an address in the Town Hall. He expects to leave on Thursday night for Hamilton and Wellington in the completion of his election tour.