DOCTRINES FOREIGN TO N.Z.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 5

DOCTRINES FOREIGN TO N.Z.

Our Own Correspondent.)

Mr. Coates Attacks Socialist Policy THE PIONEER TRADITION

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AUCKLAND, Nov. 1. Stating his firm opinion that current Socialistic doctrines were foreign to the traditional spirit of New Zealand, the Kt. Hon. J. G. Coates, M.P., urged a large meeting of women members of the National Party to do everything possible to prevent that spirit from deteriorating. The meeting, which had been called by tbe Auckland women 's organisation of tbe party, was attonded by fuliy 300 people. Dr. Hilda Northcroft presided. After referring to the enormous influence exercised by mothers upon their children in their early and impressionable years, Mr. Coates said that the traditional New Zealand outlook on life and its ideals had been passed on more by- women than by men. It was worth noting that tHose who a short while ago had decfied New Zealand standards of life were now declaring them to be the highest in the world. Such an achievement was not the work of a year or two. No Socilist or Communist was responsible for it. It had been brought about by tbe purposo of the, whole people under the respon* Bible statesmen of the past. ' ' The old pioneers worked for something that they did not expect to see realised in their lifetimes," continued Mr. Coates. "They set standards which ifc is our duty to protect. Their spirit is not dead. It is still with us, and wa must see that there is ho deteriora* tion. We are told to-day that no one need worry or work too hard or take concern for the future. In these circumstances there is a possibility that we may lose a precions heritage. It is Baid that this is a machine age, and it is a fact that many tasks have been made ,easier, but principles have not altered and we cannot alford to grcw slack." Mr. Coates cited banks, insurauce companies and other financial institu* tions as examples of the aid that private enterprise could give to the community in ill times as well as good. These organisations, he said, had a right to exist and to build up strength for use when need arose. The State should help those who could not help themselves, hut the incentive to effort must not be wiped out. A robust independence w.as a great asset to every Country. "I disagreo with the present Government 's policy and the principles on which it is based,,ir he added, 'It is definitely Socialistic and some people have .been carried offi their feet ahd away from the habits of the past. "Whither are we trending?" he asked later, and went on to refer to the difficulty that fishermen had in ob* tainipg licences to ply their calling. "That is not the way in which this country w.as built up," he continued. "$o far as my inquiries go this regula* tion of industry is Fascist rather than Socialistic. It does not take muoh to tip' Socialism toward Communism, but I cannot see that any Socialistic policy can bring the best out of our people."