WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 24 July 1929, Page 3

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

ir ANorniiu i : i.i.ciion UMTEO MMWIJKU'S OPINION (My Telegraph) (From 'The Mail's" Parliamentary Reporter) -W KlJ.l.\i:T(>.\. 23rd July. A siali'ineiit miuli' in the House ol Ueprcsenlativcs lasl week that if there were another election the electors would reverse tlie ileeisi(Hi they nave nl the (!ct:eral Kleclinn in November was replied in in day ley Mr S. <<. Smith (New Plymouth)'. .Mr Smith said Ilia), lice member for Tlmiiies (Mr A. M. Samuel) in making that statement had hased Ids argument on tin election in connection with the Aiieklaiifl Harbour Hoard., lint wlial were the facts? lit., contended that there was no light in thai elect inn as between the Kel'orin and I'nited Parties. Mr Samuel : "Thai is a mallei' of opinion." Mr Smith said Mr Samuel bail declared that the whole weight of Ihe I tilted I 'mi t \ was put. into the contest. Mr Samuel : "So il was." All Samuel hail also said thai the people of .New Zealand, if they went to the pulls again, would I urn the United Parly mil of i.-lliee. Mr Smith pointed mil 'that ihe Junior Whin of the Reform Tarty had aspired to be chairman of the I'ah n erst on Hospital Hoard, bill thai he did mil succeed. an,| lie 'sug gested thai thai should he an indication as to bow the wind was blowing and ibai there was eait.se For Mr Samuel 1.0 heroine apprehensive of ihe result of another election. Everywhere ihe Prime Minister had been enthusiastically received in the course of his tour before the session. Mr Smith said he had been talking to tin: Mayor of one of Ihe towns Sir Joseph had visited and Ibe Mayor had remarked thai he could feel an atmosphere of sympathy and friendliness to the Prime Minister. lb- had added that [hough be had been associated with the Reform Party Tor a long time he would mil like lo run as a candidate in opposition to Sir Joseph if an election wen to lake place within Ihe next few months. Mr Samuel: "That was a few months ago?" Mr Smilii : "It was in May.'* Mr Samuel: "There has been a change of feeling since then."