THE ELECTIONS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20351, 25 September 1931, Page 10

THE ELECTIONS.

POSTPONEMENT NOT YE* CONSIDERED. PRIME MINISTER TO STATEMENT. [FEOIt OCX PAMIAMBJfTART WELLINGTON, September U. A question which is cxcreisiag minds of many people is whether the business of the Coalition nient will necessitate the p" Jt r~ rr>|lLL of the General Election and, if it for how long "will the electors be to wait for the privilege of their franchise? This question, for ever, has not yet been dealt nift Cabinet. It is understood that semat members are anxious to have it cussed immediately so that the CMafcnr may be informed of the possible tion of the Coalition,'bet others best that a policy must be framed that Cabinet might have a reasonably accurate idea of how long the setting of the Coalition will be required t» bring about the rehabilitation of «| public finances of the Dominion. Mr Forbes said to-day that his «*■»*., nient to the House on October ftfc would certainly indicate whetiar «r not a postponement of the was required. "The question is *rnn tially bound up with the policy Government has to frame,' 1 he mil 1 "and by the* time the Suppleaeat2rr Budget is presented wc will know er a postppnement is necessary, aag, if it is, for how lopg."

Mr Coates, too, believes that tiou of the postponement of the Goera! Election is subordinate to that «t framing a policy for dealing with th» financial position. "Once ire ban* * policy under way and can see vfccßK we are getting to,'' he said that gaming, "wc will then be able to foatag idea of whether a postponement villfe required, and for how long it should Is. Just now we uee busy getting ta with the policy we fe&ve to put thrtm* the House."