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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 2

To the Electors of j ",.:v •" . , New Zealand. ' s • The - Ref P^ rty St^ I<3S belore . you not alone as a * art [ th c J ear " cut Weate of sound and PJ "' -' ■ >'', *SI agreement on every detail, for the good of New Zealand. ' . ■ " 5: * T ' - " , tT.J ' . v 1 ' * all who are prepared to set country above party: It stands inflexibly opposed to the., revolutionary I , jp ' *\ *> pj~! ready to co-operate with all who are honestly intent on making New 2!eala,nd and its people happy and Sfc v > fff The policy of the Reform Party is to do everything that the Government and Parliament can do |||:< }i •'• ffl' to develop this country and promote the welfare and prosperity of its population. It offers no magic . . • f&&*. joSX fy 'effort in Parliament and in the country, and in no other way. ~ •.. . '■. , ' 1 The Reform Party is working, and will work, to open up all unsettled land, arid to bring land v" ■ - T - ' ' [ turbed possession of-his land, but owners must make full use of their land'or make way for those who B;^C"^S"-';"' In order that production may expand apace new railways and roads are badly needed, and I*l ,-><?* , - - ,* / these works must be put in hand or pressed forward with all possible vigour. A determined effort " 'Ml must be made to link up as'rapidly as possible the loose ends in our railway system. Light railways j V' 'Jff are to be tried for opening up back country. Rapid progress in harnessing the water-power of the *- K Dominion will greatly assist progress in town and country and stimulate the expansion of manufac- - s '-p|"' turing industry which at the same time will broaden the local market for some of our primary •-■ " ; \ - 'S The Reform administration since 1914 has had little opportunity of pressing forward with its v.',./, /\-v - - ; '* ~' , „ , _ - , , development, policy. But its record supports the claim that it gets things done, and to-day it calls' s V, v v ' ' -• *' V* "A® ' lor the same concentration of popular energies on .national development as enabled Qie country to give; 1 • ,V ; §!$! such a sterling account of itself in stress of war. 1 . • 1 ' 1 \|p Private enterprise under war conditions has wholly failed to, meet the demand for houses, and ' - Si . -- .. the young people of to-day must be enabled to acquire healthy and cheerful homes without being' "• crippled financially at the outset of their married lives. In passing the Housing Act of last session, ■" ■ ' ;. and providing over a million pounds a year to finance State and local body housing the Reform Party I r T . has already taken a long step towards establishing these conditions. ' In the Board of Trade Act the Reform Party has shown that'it is as determined to take ruthless i i . " v ' measures against profiteering, and to assist and stimulate, honest industrial enterprise. | ' ON Wednesday next you will' be called upon to decide to-whom yrn will entrust the administra-. ■, , ' ~T ... .» u nA „ w ' 0 flll i, ,• nJ u ,/ a a . A . ..♦ .. .4l ' This grand little country o? ours would make'- aaflense strides forward if,it could secure a sub- , 'tion ol the public-affairs of the Dominion during the next three years. « . J ■ ••■ : ... ■. , . nnii , «,«ii a n stantial increase m its population. " Men and won h of the ngnt stamp can be absoibed with all , . Five years have now elapsed since the Government of which lam the head asked for a possible advantage Jo themselves and to the existing population of the Dominion. Young men and j •••••"" renewal of your confidence. women in the Old Country'are turning their eyes longingly to the possibilities of life in the' Dominions. . ' ' Many great 'changes have taken place, since December, 1914.' The country had then barely With a littie encouragement-thanks largely again to the Mgh name earned by our soldiers j recovered from one of the most protracted labour disputes ia its history when it was faced with the ■ we can have the P ick of tliem< • SBform ?arty 1S c 9 nfident tsldii P u w op^nw l a dominating and inexorable call of the great war. vigorous immigration policy on the right lines that will enrich the possibilities-of life m the Dominion ... , for all of,us. I How the people of BTew Zealand met that call the annals of history will record for all time. ' ' ■ _ , | ' Immigration is dependent on transport, and the vital importance of the shipping question is |] It was a trying and difficult period for all of as, both in public and private life, but I regard M lv recognised by ™ colleagues and avscli. The Beiorm Government has taken the field against it as the highest privilege of my life to have been «*«M by the people of Hew Zealand with the Wlletller m an(i m tll3 state can do t0 assist exporters in marketing v. ' duty as head of the Executive of giving eflect to ffieir magnitot patriotism and loyalty, and their their products overseas mil be done. If in the light of Australian experience State-owned ships are I unflinching determination to persist to the eM in ttat tremendous straggle for the world's liberties. efec{ive preveatillg 62p i oltelio!1> tIl6 Dcmtalo!l tow t0 colder putting on its own ' " By the grace of God, Britain and her Allies have been victorious. Our soldiers—save those ocean steamers. j brave men on whom Destiny called for the supreme sacrifice are b&ck with us, and the first duty of j set before you some leading features in the Reform Party's programme, but in doing so j any Government you place in office must be to complete the re-establishment of the returned men in would reiterate that there is no real dispute in regard to the lines of sound national progress. The civil life. great question is whether the energies of the people and their political representatives are to be The policy of the Eeform Party-and it is on behalf of that policy that lam now addressing ' concentrated on definite working achievement, or are to be wasted and frittered away in banen party you—is to develop the resources of Hew Zealand to the fullest extent, and to apply to politics some- strife. Those who are attempting to perpetuate tae old party divisions have given you a' wi ou thing of the vigour and fearlessness that has made the name of the Hew Zealand soldier famous ' «*■' Consider whether they have given you one single wthy reason for hreatang up the national • j throughout the world during the last five years. . • ami political unity which alone will enable the people of this country to pront by their unexampled opportunities and make it worthy of the gallant souls who fought and died for it in Gallipoli, France, I had hoped that it might be possible to make a clean break with the party, differences of and Palestine. ; bygone years, which in the course of time had become mainly differences of detail, and a hindrance to , . . . . ' useful work in Parliament. It is against my will that party/ barriers which the war had .thrown down With you, the electors of New Zealand, the issue now rests. We have arrived at a pom have;been again erected. in our economic, financial and political development. -' On your decision on Wednesday next will : depend in a large measure the future prosperity; or adversity of our country for many years, to come. This is a time for going boldly forward, not for dropping back helplessly into old grooves as if Whatever is to be done must be done by the power derived from you—the people. In full consciousness - We had learned nothing in years of mighty effort and sacrifice. If good service and love of country '0f the great responsibility which lam asking you to continue to place in the hands of myself and those prevail there will be no reversion to the stultifying party strife which was set aside with all possible for whom I am speaking, I now with confidence leave the matter in your hands. advantage while the energies .of the Dominion were concentrated on winning the war. < Yours faithfully, The final decision is not with party leaders, but with the electors. I invite you to declare that 1 you will demand of your political representatives first and'foremost loyal service—that you will not tolerate an attempt to divide them into warding, camps merely in order that individuals may seek to /^VVj f / gratify their ambitions. 1 (n J / What does it matter whether men and women were accustomed in pre-war days to call them- (I . A 1/1/ / selves Liberals or Reformers? The only thing that matters is; Are they out for progress or against ' n\f "(I fl it? If they are for progress why did they not work together to promote it? / I U II fj :■ _ . : , ; (1 1 ' ' . , ' If^====—p : — """