SOCIAL COMPLEXES
"There is always the kind of person who, because he has a tinpot little .show somewhere or other, becomes a very strong Nationalist," said Mr. R. McKeen, Labour candidate for Wellington South, addressing an open air meeting at Newtown last evening. "There is the woman who knows that Mrs. Brown's husband round the corner works on the wharf and that Mrs. somebody else's husband works on the roads and that convinces her that she could never vote for the Labour Party because they 'aren't dignified.' Probably her husband is a counter-jumper or something mid wears a collar instead of using a shovel. I don't think a lot of them understand anything about the policy of the National Party. They just vote for it because some, relative has voted for it for years."
at which Mr. F. W. Boyd presided, cheers were given for the candidate and the National Party, and a motion of confidence passed. A no-confidence amendment was declared lost on the voices.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1938, Page 17
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166SOCIAL COMPLEXES Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1938, Page 17
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