"ORDER OUT OF CHAOS"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 45, 9 March 1937, Page 12

"ORDER OUT OF CHAOS"

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Labour Still Has a Long Way ToGo AUCKLAND SPEECHES

(By Telegr&pt

AUCKLAND, Last Night. 3 a. pathway of triumph was opened for the Prime Minister when he returned to the Auckland province for the first time in over a year. At Princes3 Te Puea'a pa at Ngaruawahia, at the citizens' welcome at Huntly, at a, Labour party rally at Otahuhu, and again at the Station hotel. He received tumultuous welcomes. A traditional native welcome was sgiven to the Prime Minister at Ngaruawahia where he was accompanied by the Minister of Health (Hon. P. Eraser), the Minister of Public Works (Hon. R, (Semple), the Minister of Mines (Hon. P. 'C. Webb) and the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. Lee Martin). The Ministerial party left Ngaruawahia shortly after 2 o'clock and stopped at Huntly for the civic welcome in the Town Hall. Huntly observed the occasion almost as a close holiday and the mines in the district ceased work for the day. Before attending the civic reeeption Mr Savage. from the balcony of the Town Hall' addressed the local school children who were drawn up in the street together with those of their elders who could noti gain admission to the hall, The party left Huntly shortly before; ;four o'clock and about an hour later, ih.alt.ed at the outskirts of Otahuhu; •where an open-air rally had been arranged by the Labour party. Mr Savagej had to alight from hi« car and addressi •the large gathering hefore its membersl entered their" own motor cars freely bedecked with red streamers to form a procession about a mile long and escort .the Prime Minister into the city. All! along the route little knots of people were gathered to wave and shout greetings and at various junctions along the1 route the traffic policemen had an unenviable task in controlling the traffic. The climax of the city's welcome was reached when Mr Savage reached the. Station hotel. Here a flag covered dais had been erected on the steps leading |from Anzac avenue to Beach road and a tcrowd of about 2000 had gathered to j ;take up the 6trains of "Por He's a Jolly | (Good Fellow. ' ' On the dais the Mayor, Mr Ernest Davis, f ormally welcomed Mr fiavage to jthe city and the Prime Minister xeplied ibriefly but cheerfully. Some people, he said, had stated that jhe waa failing in health. He was xeadyj for an eight-round "scrap" with any-j one right away, and the welcome whichi he had received was evidence that thei i Government was moving forward with | the goodwill of the people. ! The crowd called for a speech from f Mr Semple and this was given. Finally I to the accompaniment of band music, cheers and innumerable handclasps Mrj Savage was permitted to enter his j kntel.

Enthusiastie Reeeption in Town Hall. : No more enthusiastie reeeption by an j Auckland audience than that given to j the Prime Minister at the Town Hall | jto-night has been seen in the city for ivery many years. The occasion served ;& twofold purpose as it represented a welcome to Mr. Savage on his return to the city after his many months of arduous labours at Wellington and a farewell almost on the eve of his departure for England to b« present at "the Goronation and to attend the Im-. perial Conference. The Town Hall was c^owded with a cheering throng, while an overflow audience listened to the speec'hes through loudspeakere. The Prime Min-j ister was accompanied by the Minister of Education, the Minister of Pnblic Works, the Minister of Labour, the Minister of Mines, and the Minister of Agriculture. The principal speeehes of welcome wepe made by the Mayor (Mr. Ernest Davis), the deputy Mayor (Hon. Bernard Martin), the president oi the Auckland Labour Representation Oommittee (Mr, J. T, Jennings) and the 'Mayor of One Tree Hill (Mr. L J. Goldstine) representing the suburban ■local bodies. " We have not gone anything like thej :distance we intend to go," said Mr.f 'Savage, replying. "We will go on with' j your support. We are not going to take j out the foundations of exlsjfng institutions and have them tumbling about our. ears. Our job is to bring order out of j chaos. This cannot be done in a week-i end. We still have a long way to no. " !