Pointer To Probable Conservative Victory?
Received Thursday, 11. 3 0. a.m. LONDON, Nov. 30. The British Press generally hailed the New Zealand election result as a pointer to a probabfe Conservative victory in the British general election early ndxt year. The Daily Express. §aid: "The people of New Zealand have rejected the philosophy of socialism and many of its fruits with some degree of emnhasis. They have preferred the Natiorial Party, whose outlook is influenced by
.two main streams of thought, •firstly, distrust of the bureaucratic frustra'tions of a controlled economy, coupled Vith a belief in jthe methods of free enterprise, and secondly, a burning faith in the British Empire and a deter- ; mination to seek its closer unity." [ The newspaper said that British 1 politicians should look to the New -Zealand result for a lesson. "The . British people should be willing to learn from the experience of their New Zealand brothers."
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 December 1949, Page 5
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152Pointer To Probable Conservative Victory? Chronicle (Levin), 1 December 1949, Page 5
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