CAMPAIGN SHOTS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1931, Page 2

CAMPAIGN SHOTS

WHAT THE CANDIDATES ARE SAYING. “Will Say Anything.’’ '“These Coalition Al misters will say anything at all that will bolster up their.’’—Air D. G. Sullivan. ** * * Businesslike Labour. “Whenever Labour lias been given an opportunity it has proved to be more businesslike and has shown better results than the other people ever did.”—Air H. T. Armstrong. ** # * They Knew It. “You will know from reading the newspapers that’ the farmers are having a bad time,’' said the Rev. J. K. -Archer, at Oliapuku. “We don’t need to read the newspapers to find .that out; we know it, chorused the candidate’s audience of farmers, ** * * Expensive Throe W'rds., “Me R. A. Wright -r.'fis riven re iff. three expensive wo'vh: during the discussion on the granting of the £IOO bonus to members of Parliament,” said Mr G, C, Muons, Coalition candidate for Roskill. “He had been speaking against the vote and Sir Thomas Wilford had interrupted once or twice ask’ ing Mr Wright if he was going. to accept the bonus. Mr Wright ignored the challenge until Sir Thomas Wilford put it to him aerpss the flood of the House. ‘I will not,’ Air Wright replied, and each of those words cost him £33 6s Bd.” * * * The Mortgagee. “The mortgagee has to compromise as much for his own safety as for that of the farmers and others.”—Air T. H, Langford, Independent Liberal candidate for Temuka, when commenting on the Alortgagors Relief Act. *■#**. Arbitration System. “T believe that the rigidity of the Arbitration system is keeping men out of work,” said Afr H. Holland in answer to a question, “f think that more flexibility and elasticity are needed in the system, but T will see that no one suffers injustice!” ** # # A yVcrking Majority. “A Government without a working majority is useless,” said Mr H. Holland. “if you are going to put Labour in power, do it thoroughly, and if you decide that the Coalition can pnll the country out of the mire, give them a chance to do so on their own.” ## * # Borrow and Bust. ■ “The Labour Party is not going to borrow, borrow, borrow and bust a* the other people have done. If the people who could afford to pay had been' called upon to contribute their fair share of 'taxation we would not have the enormous burden of publicdebt we have to-day.”—Mr H. T. Armstrong, Labour candidate for Christchurch East,