THE NAPIER RESOLUTION

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2735, 20 May 1924, Page 4

THE NAPIER RESOLUTION

MR VEITCH EXPLAINS,

Mr Veitch, M.P., addressed about two hundred electors dealing with the Liberal-Labour policy on agricultural and workers’ banks, industrial development, tlve moratorium, and land settlement at Gisborne on Friday of last week. Mr Veitch referred at this meeting to the Napier meeting where a hostile demonstration had been made against the chairman and himself. The Napier people were justified in feeling angry with him. He was a past president of the A.S.R.S. and owing to false information the people believed he voted against them. He explained that the Government introduced a Bill to reduce the salaries of all in the Government service. His Party agreed to support the Bill to a certain extent, opposing any reduction under £320 a year. The Labour Party opposed the Bill altogether. The Liberal-Labours therefore took the middle course, knowing that if their proposals were not agreed to they had their remedy in the third reading. It was untrue to say he voted against the reduction of lower paid men. In regard to railwaymen’s hours, he thought they should be kept to forty-four a week. He did not approve of the strike method and never had done so. At the conclusion, after answering a large number of question, a motion of thanks and confidence was carried amid prolonged applause.