LUSTILY CHEERED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 282, 2 December 1935, Page 8

LUSTILY CHEERED

THE PRIME MINISTER-ELECT DEPARTURE FOR WELLINGTON. HUGE CROWD AND A BAND. PARTY CONFERENCE CALLED. [ Per Tress Association. ) • AUCKLAND, Dec. 1. New Zealand’s next Prime Minister, Mr. M. J. Savage, received a rousing farewell when he left Auckland for Wellington to-night. Crowds thronged the station pa It form and Mr. Savage had to respond to loud cheers and music from a band as the train left. Mr. Savage will have an interview with the retiring Prime Minister, the Right. Hon. G. \V. Forbes, in Wellington to-morrow and on Tuesday all the Labour members elected last week will meet at Parliament Buildings to begin the task of Cabinet construction and to decide details of future policy. Relationship With Britain. Mr. Savage said he had received a call on the previous day from Lord Barnoy, head of one of the largest British wool-buying firms and a leading figure i:i United Kingdom business circles. He had endeavoured to show Lord Barnby that Labour’s policy would open the way for more vigorous export trade from Britain to the Dominion.

j TAUMARL’NUfS WELCOME CROWD . f .TENDS GOOD WISHES ■ x Special to “Chronicle.”) TAUMARUNUI, Dec. 2. A crowd numbering between 400 and ! '" i gathered at the railway station j shortly after midnight and gave Mr ! Savage an enthusiastic reception as ; the Limited express arrived. Cvngratu- • iations on the success of the Labour ' Party were extended by Mt G. S. I S eadman, a former Mayor of Tauma- : runui. Acknowledging the greeting, I* Mr Savage assured the crowd of wellwishers that he was undertaking a heavy task with the firm belief that i with the co-operation of all, New Zeai land would eventually emerge from the . muddle in which it had found itself. At the last moment, Mr F. Langj stone, M.P. for Waimarino, made a ! dash for the refreshment rooms for cups of tea for Mr Savage and him- ' self. He was successful and the crowd cheered as the train pulled out with Mr Savage acknowledging their good wishes with a thee ry face.