DOMINION ELECTIONS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 280, 29 November 1935, Page 7

DOMINION ELECTIONS

COMMENT IN BRITAIN PROGRESS SINCE 1931 VERDICT “SEEMS STRANGE” [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received Nov. 28, 11.30 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 28. The Daily Telegraph, recounting the progress in New Zealand since 1931, says: ‘‘lt seems strange that New Zealand has chosen the present moment for a reversal of policy. Labour made large but vague promises, and Mr. Savage had an easy task in persuading the people that his programme was worth trying compared with what awaits him.” WELL SATISFIED LORD BLEDISLOE’S STATEMENT LABOUR GOVERNMENT’S LOYALTY Received Nov. 28, 11.55 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 28. Lord Bledisloe said: “1 am certain that the Labour Government in New Zealand will not fall behind its predecessors in loj’alty to the Throne or the maintenance of their Dominion obligations. I am also confident that in Empire matters they will prove as easy to deal with as former Governments.” BRITISH LABOUR MAJOR ATTLEE PLEASED EXPECTS GREAT THINGS LONIDON, Nov. 27. Major Attlee (Leader of the Labour Barty), commenting on the New Zealand elections, conveyed congratulations to the Labour Party and declared that the result was magnificent. He emphasised the effective majority, of which he expected great things. In a leader on the New Zealand election the Herald says a remarkable feature is the success of Labour in the agricultural districts and the refusal of the electors to be scared by a policy of public control of credit. Contrary to tho British Labour Party, the New Zealanders enjoyed an established leadership, and wisely presented a specific short programme, which it is pledged to execute. The Telegraph’s financial correspondent, pointing out that securities are fractionally weaker, says that bondholders have no cause for anxiety as a result of the election. The conver- , sion of £21,657,000 of 5 per cent. New South Wales stock will occur in the next few days, while the change of Government will delay New Zealand’s projected approach on the market. AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS LABOUR LEADERS PLEASED SYDNEY PAPER’S REMARKS SYDNEY, Nov. 28. “It is most gratifying news,” said the deputy-Leader of the New South Wales Parliamentary Labour Party (Mr. Baddeley) in referring to the New Zealand elections. He added: “Labour in New Zea land has a very good team and should do very good work.’’ The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Curtin) said that the significance of the decision of the New Zealand electors was wider than its effect on New Zealand. Jt indicated that the forces of Labour in this part of the world were consolidating and the forces of reaction were disintegrating. The Leader of the State Labour Party in the House of Representatives (Mr. Beasley) said that the verdict of tho New Zealand people would bring great joy and satisfaction, not only to Labour supporters in the (Dominion, but also in Australia, for at last the forces of reaction had been relegated to their proper place in Now Zealand politics. “Labour’s great victory is a vote of censure on those who committed the Dominion to the Ottawa Agreement and to commitments entered into during the recent visits of Ministers overseas.” The Sydney Morning Herald, in an editorial, says: “New Zealand has not hitherto known the delights of Labour in office and is accepting an extreme dose of it, judging by the platform proposals. No doubt the Government has suffered in the public verdict as Governments have elsewhere from the long tenure of office. It was noted that the Ministers fought the campaign with some lack of enthusiasm, but it will leave office with the credit of having restored the public finances and balanced the Budget. The effort, no doubt, will be increasingly admired as it recedes ?n retrospect.” TRADE UNION COMMENT Received Nov. 20, 10.30 p.m. MELBOURNE Nov. 28. Mr. A. E. Monk, president of tho Australian Council of Trades Unions, said to-day: “It is gratifying to see the swing to Labour in New Zealand. The electors of Great Britain and New Zealand have clearly shown they are dissatisfied with past administrations and anxious for a radical change, not only in the form of Government, but in the state of society.” The lesson to Australian Governments was that they must pass legislation regarding unemployment and national insurance, or perish.