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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19440, 28 October 1925, Page 2

To the Electors of Rangitikei On December 7th, 1922, 80 members were elected to represent you in Parliament. Of this number 38 were supporters of the Reform Party, and 42 were opponents. By inducing one of its opponents to accept the Speakership, and with the aid of three other members who had defeated Reform Candidates, the Government were able to defeat the LABOUR PARTY’S NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION. For nearly three years the Reform Party has continued to hold office with the aid of the votes of members of the Liberal Party, elected to oppose them. The taxation legislation introduced and passed by the Reform Government during the three years has in all cases been to the advantage of a SMALL WEALTHY SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY. This legislation was, in the majority of cases, supported by the late Liberal Party. HOW THE LIBERALS HAVE VOTED; In 1923, they voted with the Reform Party against Labour in the election of a Speaker. They ran away from the Labour No-confidence motion. When the Liberal Party moved a vote of No-con-fidence in the Reform GovernmentIndividual Liberals saved the Government —and in the final Labour No-confidence Motion a heavy majority of Liberals voted with Reform against Labour. In the second session of 1923, the Liberals voted five times with Reform to defeat No-con-fidence Motions moved by the Labour Party and the No-confidence Motion moved by the Leader of the Liberal Party was again defeated by Individual Liberals voting with Reform. The Liberals split up on the question of Maternity Bonus. They split up on the question of alienation of the National Endowments. They voted in a majority with the Reform Party on the exemption clauses of the Land and Income Tax and in support of the Government’s tax-reduc-ing policy, which meant huge gifts to the wealthy, and next to no relief to the bonafide working farmer. Their vote on all occasions was organised to avoid any possibility of the Government being defeated. That the Labour Members have been the only real opposition during the past three years is shown in the Hansard Records. The claims of the struggling farmer on high-priced land —the civil servants on reduced salaries —the worker on the basic wage —the mother struggling to ' make ends meet with a growing family—and the houseless in the cities —have always been advocated and fought for by the seventeen members of the Labour Group. Their work should inspire all electors to increased efforts to add to their number when Parliament meets again. Vote for DUGGAN and a Labour Government