MOTUEKA ELECTORATE.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18806, 30 November 1932, Page 7

MOTUEKA ELECTORATE.

LABOUR LEADER ACTIVE. DOMINION’S PROMLEMS DISCUSSED (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NELSON, Tuesday. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr 11. E. Holland, is at present in the northern portion of the Motucka electorate in support of ihe Labour candidate for the seat, Mr P. C. Webb. Unemployment was the supreme problem, said Mr Holland, in the course of an address. Men classed as relief workers should be transferred to economic undertakings with a standard rate of wages, and steps should be taken for the gradual return of all unemployed to full working time, which would itself stimulate Industry. There was ample room for a highly progressive policy of closer settlement. New Zealand would carry 10,000,000 people. The unemployed should he engaged in bringing in at least 1,000,000 acres of Crown and other suitable land. There should be a vigorous public works policy. Far more attention should be paid to the industries of New Zealand. Dealing with llnance and currency, Mr'Holland said that the Labour Party advocated the establishment of a Slate Dank with the sole right of note issue for the purpose of effectively controlling both credit and currency. This was not on the lines of the bank bill proposed by the Covernincnl.

BY-ELECTION TO-MORROW. THREE CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD. The by-election for the Motueka seat in Parliament to fill the vacancy caused through the death of Mr U. G. C. Black will he held to-morrow. The results will tie shown on the notice board outside the Waikato Times oftlee. Following arc the candidates: — Mr K. .1. llolyoakc, Coalition. Mr P. C. Webb, Labour. The lion. R. .McKenzie, Independent Liberal-Labour.