"Not a Vote for Labour"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 111, 27 May 1937, Page 6

"Not a Vote for Labour"

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IHE LAST ELECliON ■Kew National Party Wants Members of all Classes : LEADER'S ADDRESS

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. - LEVIN, This Day. • .* 'I am convinced that the last •loction was not a vote for Labour, "but we put them in ourselves. They're too well discipllned to split , the votes," stated the Hon. Adam , Hamilton, Leader of the Opposition, ' in an address here last evening to » house pacjred with members and * aupporters of the National Party. The keynote of the address was the need for a newly-organised New Zealand National Party . thoroughly to prepare its forces so as to present a united front against , Socialism at the next election. Wonderful interest was being taken in. politics tbrougbout the Dominion, feaid Mr Hamilton, especially in conmderation of the faet that the present parliamentary tenn. was not yet halfway through. The people had not endorsed the Labour programme as seon in action to-day, and their task was to build up their forces and draw into their arms old Liberals, Reformers, Democrats, Independents, and members of the Country PaTty into one fighting force. Tn outlining the new constitution of the party, he said that the policy WGjuld be subjected to the approval of members of the party and would not bo dactated by the leaders. Labour reprenented oue class, and to get good government the National Party wanted the support of the larmers, business men and workers too, as well as the ' young people and the womenfolk of the country. In referring to*promises not upheld, he said there wero three classes who had been badly let down — first, those who advocated Social Credit. Lal)Our bffd taken up the cause and gained support, but now the huge sums being spent On Public Works were being eecured by borrowing. Money was being epent faster than ever before in the Dominion. The B-class broadcasting stations had courted Labour ou the assumption that the Government would Cllow them to xeceive some commercial xovenuej now Labour was puTSuing exactly the opposite coursc. Last year's Budget surplus at £3,000,000 had presented a golden opportunity of removmg eales-tax an accordance with tho promise made to the electors, but instead they had added another £2,000,000 of taxation. As the . tesult of - the labour legislation a large gheep rau and four timbef mills had Ck)sed; down in the South Island owing to the higher cost of operation.