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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2946, 8 October 1925, Page 1

“GTHE Policy of this Government is for the real interests * *of the Country)*—‘the Country first , ’he Country always , and the Country only! — Hon. J. G. Coates, speaking in Parliament, / 9/9/25. # 3® m \ >rr !■ ! v/ho,9 e^s ” ■ iVeti; Zealand to-day is on the eve of Great Events

The prosperity its people enjoy is unequalled by that of any country in the world. Unemployment is at a minimum; the average standard of comfort was never higher; the prospect for still further improvements in the conditions of life were never brighter. We are on the Eve of a Further Great Forward Movement. At the head of the Government of the country is a new and arresting figure—a comparatively young man who has already won for himself the popular designation of “THE MAN WHO GETS THINGS DONE.” The Hon. J ' Gordon Coates has a remarkable record. He has not only administered with extraordinary success each of the several important departments of State which have been placed under his personal charge, but he has set a magnificent example of single-minded devotion to the interests of the State—placing the interests of the people above all petty parochial, political and personal considerations. To quote his own phrase: “The policy of this Government is for the real interests of the country—the country first, the country always, and the country only.” That is the man —simple, direct, sincere. Mr. Coates is not a party politician in the narrow sense of the word. He is not a political tactician, which too often is merely a polite name for a political trickster. He is not a great talker. But he is THE OUTSTANDING FIGURE IN OUR POLITICAL LIFE TO-DAY, because his past achievements have won confidence in his sincerity of purpose; his administrative ability; his soundness of judgment; and his tremendous capacity for getting on with the job in hand, whatever that job may be. Looking Forward with Confidence. That is what every elector in town and country can do with Mr. Coates at the head of the Government of the country. CONFIDENCE in a continuance of the era of peaceful prosperity. CONFIDENCE in a more active development of the country under a new, young, and enterprising leader. CONFIDENCE that the spirit of sound enterprise which has been so outstanding a feature of Mr.

VOTE FOR COATES AND CONFIDENCE

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