MIDLAND LINE
PLEDGE BROKEN Referring to the stoppage of work on the Midland and East Coast railways, Mr Holland said that a deliberate breach of the pledges given to the electors in 1928 was involved, and while it was open to any political party to review its programme, the idea of the Government jettisoning a substantial part of the policy on which it secured the Treasury benches, and doing so without in any way consulting the electors, could not be tolerated. In this case the volte face was almost without precedent in the history of the Dominion. There had been an utter absence of any proper method of handling the situation when the stoppage of work was decreed, and on both the East Coast and the lines a maximum of hardship had been inflicted upon men and families. At the very least, the' men should have been kept in work until the Government was ready to transfer them to other employment^ The meeting endorsed Mr Holland’s demand for the meeting of Parliament.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 January 1931, Page 7
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172MIDLAND LINE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 January 1931, Page 7
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