GENERAL ELECTION

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1931, Page 5

GENERAL ELECTION

Mr J, W, Greenslade, Coalition Candidate, is travelling' at top speed today covering ns mud), ground ns po*slbJo .in the lowt stages of his electoral campaign, Ho had a good meeting at Ross last night, receiving an attentive, hearing and making a good impression, , To-day lie spoke -at the Westland j Hospital, and winds up to-night with ( a final rally at Greymouth. A private f message from Greymouth states Mr Ransom had an excellent meeting there last night, and the impression , was formed that Coalition stock stands high in the northern centre. . .— j OPPOSITION LEADER. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. , (By Telegraph—Ter Tress Association) ( GISBORNE, November 30. < The Leader of the Opposition, Mr j H. E. Holland, addressed an audience of about- fifteen hundred inside the j Opera House- this evening,-while there ( was an overflow audience of hundreds more outside of tire hall, who heard the address through loud speakers. The meeting was an enthusiastic one throughout, and on rising to speak, Mr , Holland was accorded three cheers. The speaker dealt with the Labour policy on the lines of his previous addresses, claiming that the Labour Party are successors to the policy of Balia nee, Seddon and Ward. HON. G. AY. FORBES. LOUD SPEAKERS Ah ROUGHS. AUCKLAND, November 30. With the aid of a loud speaker, that was suspended in the body of tne hall, the Prime Minister, Mr G. AY. Forbes, effectively combatted the efforts of the interjeetors at a packed 1 meeting in the Auckland Town Hall this evening. Interrupters commenced early m tme evening, but the loud speaker daunted their efforts, and Mr Forbes was rarelv obliged to halt in delivering Ins address. Before introducing the Prime Minister, tire Chairman appealed to the audience to give Air Forbes tlie same quiet hearing as bad been given to the Leader of the Labour Patty, Mr H. E. Holland, when he- addressed his Auckland audience. He warned these in the gallery that any disorder or organised interrupdon would he dealt with by the police. MR FORBES’S REPLY. 4 [ • > TO LABOUR’S CHARGE. 1 COMMISSIONERSHIP DENIED. : AUCKLAND,, Dec. 1. ' A reply was made last evening by ' the Prime Minister, the R-t. Hon. G. • AA r . Forbes, to the circular issued by , the National Executive of the Labour Party, with reference to an order f' o, ‘

axle-boxes amounting to £13,000 placed in Sweden by the Railway Department.

Mr Forbes said that roller bearing axle-boxes had been adopted for the new railway cars and engines. This was a modern development, and was made the subject of careful study by Mr Angus, Assistant Chief Mechanical-engin-eer of the Railway Department, when he was sent abroad some two years ago.

“After carefully considering the various types of axle-boxes in use on other systems, Mr Angus recommended the adoption of the roller bearing axleboxes manufactured m Sweden, and known as ‘S.K.F.’ ” said Mr Forbes. “The manufacture of these boxes requires highly specialised knowledge and machinery, neither of which is available in New Zealand, so that it is entirely incorrect to say that they could be manufactured in this country. Even if the specialised knowledge and machinery were imported into the country, the extent of the demand for these boxes would not enable their manufacture in New Zealand to be made an economical proposition, as compared wit lithe price at which they can be obtained from the present makers.”

A suggestion that he was shortly to become High Commissioner in London, leaving the Rt. Hon. J. G, Coates at til© head of the country's affairs, was emphatically denied by tlie Prime Minister.

Mr Forbes, in bis speech >at the Town Hall (ast evening, said, “The suggestion was made by the leader of the Opposition, Mr H. E. Holland, in a speech at Kotoriiar.-jT wonder what Mr Holland’s object was in saying such a thing. Was it to raise doubts in the minds of the electors regarding the future of the Coalition Government, and to suggest that I was not going to carry out my responsibilities? However I give the statement «• most emphatic. denial. The people have placed me in a position of trust; and I am here to do the right thing. I am not going to run away from my job, n»> matter how much Mr Holland may wish me to leave New Zealand. I have no intention of going, for I feel it absolutely necessary that I should remain/’'—Signed, Geo, 11. Forbes.