ELECTION PROMISES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 25 July 1929, Page 3

ELECTION PROMISES

r.r.iNi; caiuui:i> out STATKAiKNT BY ITMMK MI.NI.STHK (By Telegraph.) (Prom "Tin; Mail's" I'luJijuiienUry HepuiTer) VVKLLINti lON, 2-llh -Inly. Till' Tunic Minister rose ill till' House of Itrproseul.iiives lasl nighl and 'l'' fended ihc lioverniucul agaiusi crilic ijiin IVniii ih" Opposition benches In 11 ic ~||Vi i 11 in i tin new Administration lisih ilniii' nothing in I'ulliliiifiil "I' its cleclinn pledges since il came ml" ofliee. Sir Joseph Waul remarked tli.it. jlldy i,,.; |, v I lie; remark;; of Ihc Leader of thu Opposition, tlic country expected thai c\ i-i-vl litn;.; Would In' pill rigid 1111mcdialely' li.v lli« United llovcriimcul, in fulfilment of its election promises. "I prniniml llic country ;i complete fulfilnionf of tin' promise* I made." said Sir Joseph, "ami I ran I ell I he country that we have been carrying l,l| i. Hiose promises ever since we have hci'ii. in ollice, day in and day out. And I. tell the country it is unreasonable for anyone, to suggest or to expect, that when ;i ureal policy is propounded by a party before Hie country il should put into effect every line of its policy in six months, to expect such a thing in such a time is a suggestion of incapacity mi the pari of tlmse who make it." (dovernnienl "Hear, hears/') It would bl> ;i "real feul if il took twelve months to do what the present dovernment had done in six months. "We arc very iu.ode.sl about it. I admit/' lie said, ainidsl Opposition laughter. "Well, we were not parading oiir virtues. We were keeping steadily in view Ihe policy announced lo the country, and we tiro steadily pulling Unit policy ,into daiiy operation. More than thai', no Administration can do.*' lie deprecated that lhe Opposition was lamenting the fact that the (iiivernineiit was doing nothing. .Mr 11. M. Campbell (llawkes Bay): "A lul of electioneering." Sir Joseph: "No, the electioneering is on the side of the honourable gentleman. There has been no electioneering on this side of ih ■ House. (Reform laughter). The election is? over, and we arc here ami there are the Hel'orm Parly. U'niled Tarty laughter). And what more natural slate of affairs could you wish to see'.' I certainly could not wish ror anything else. The survey of the situation (ills one with admiration."