MR. THORN RETURNS THANKS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8848, 28 November 1935, Page 2

MR. THORN RETURNS THANKS

WONDERFUL TRIUMPH OF THE 1 I PARTY i MANY WILLING HELPERS Great enthusiasm was shown i when Mr Thorn came to Waihi just j after midnight. He was cheered to , I the echo by the crowd that still j ■ waited outside the “Telegraph” j ' cilice, and was carried shoulderhigh to the door of the office, out- ! side of which he returned thanks for i his having been elected. "I wish to . thank you from the bottom of my j heart - for the support you have 1 given me in Waihi,” said Mr Thorn. , “I am overwhelmed by the majority that has been given me and the Lab- : our Party as a whole. I must thank , my committee and every member of . the party for the wonderful triumph 1 in this constituency. Nobody could g have wished for better help than has c been given life by * them; their' t energy has been unflagging, and I am thankful for everything they have done for me personally, and for the j New Zealand Labour Party. I have met with nothing but goodwill from x all people, whether they were of my T party or not. (Applause.) I want to tell you that I shall do everything I can to justify my being elected. | “Mr Samuel has asked me to apolo-

gise for his not being present. He accepted his defeat in a very manly spirit, and was one of the first to congratulate me and the leader of my party, Mr Savage, on our suc- | cess. (Applause.) The Labour Party hopes to dispel from the vision !of everybody living in this land of ' plenty the spectre of poverty, and asks the co-operation of all in help- ‘ ing it to achieve its aim. We hope, *•’ j also, to do away with all abuses of ;) the rights of the people and the inis famies that can occur. It is our turn now, and to-night I feel pride in that the great majority have felt that it *■" was necessary to put a new party in 111 power. I regret only that the late 0 ’ leader of the Labour Party, the late Mr H. E. Holland, is not here toJ - ' night to see that for which he le so long fought has been won.” ’r ly ] n in the list of candidates given ’s below an x denotes a member of the •y lats Parliament. Political affiliation r is indicated as follows: —National 10 Government, G.; Labour Party, L.: i r unofficial Labour, un. L.; Democrat 2- Party, D.; Independent, I.; Indepen- ! dent, National Government, LG.; 'country Party, C.; Independent 5 Country Party, 1.C.; Liberal Party, h Lib.; Independent Liberal, I. Lib.; g National Liberal, N. Lib.; Indepen--9 dent Socialists, 1.5.; National Recon--9 struction, N.R.; Radical Indepen--2 dent, R. 1.; Communist, Com.; Ratana, Ra. 0