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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 46, 16 October 1931, Page 4

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MR E. HEALEY, M.P., M^i BITTER AT.TACK Q M° 4 MRl FORBES 'jg ANOTHEf( fNDEPENDM Mr E. F. Healey, M.P., for® addressed a 'vpfy 'lar&& apdiB Kaikoufa pfecfbi^ oh'MondfySin th'e' drill hail.' There'* was Kc tendance of about 400 people® the "Christchurch Star"). B " Mr. James B6yd, county cMv presi'ded. He congratulated ley on 'hisj 'wqndeffui ' energy* f orts iin^ helping to :secure t® plMion' '"pf"' th^""South IsIanM t'runk linp. "' Mr. Bbyd said tC p'ersonhlly had suppprted Mr.® fof oye^ twenty y'ehrs, hut'it S bpinibn that Mr. Fprbes h'ad 1?® them after so xuahy yeafs 'of® m cb'nnectipri with the' linq. I Mr Healy,' who was." 'greete® musical H'onours, shid that Ke ® Syfth the remarks pf ' tfle chafi The spealcer, as' " a m'embeir fl Uhited' Party, had been returS power with thp pHrty," and' oniB ■hiairi plants iff tbe partyls' pro^fl was the" cohipletion Pf ffie lifie. The*" result * pf' th£* yptq fl Railways Bo'afd's finding badfi the spepker in 'an enfir.ely falsS tion, and *he felt tbh't* the pepa Marlborough had heeii lef dP^zl ly* * * -'•*> »•. .1

VContinual Eyesore'' [1 — *" '•*-'* yL The stoppage pf the line wc;|& a continual eyesore to the peo® Marlborough with the work hali® pleted. They had startqd wor® years ago with seventy-two mim line to build, and npw that a g® only twenty-eight pnles existe® work was stopped. He had intro® the fleputation to Parliament, ar® action of the Prime Minister r® even shalcing hands with" meiig had been his strong supporferM over twenty years was shamefi'ig Forbes had handed over the ® pf office, and he (the speakerjB one, would not belong to the >■ (Loud applause.) He criticiseiJH Coates's railway administrationp the millions he liad spent on Ara« railway workshops, the" PalmeiE deviation, and the Taupo worS purely political line. The Mid'dil yards in Christchurch were buiiB eriormous expense, and to-day 1! not used. fhe Auckland railwayl tion had cost untold wealth, andl they found it was necpssary tp t| a' light line between *tKe iieW andl old statio'ii. ' ' s| - "When the actual time for vol on the Railways Boai'd's findingl 'the House'approached, 'despite' the| peated assertiohs that it was toi a' strlctly 'open vpfp'-'the party m cracked. * Memhers were tak'en i| Mr" 'F'orbes,'s office, and' what Tiappea after? These members voted' ds'ia were told — a wond;erf ul" non-paij vote. Regardipg his ppsition in the HqcJ there might be an eleetion — possitj the English elections would influe the poSitioh— and' he°wished to J With a free hand during the ternj the present Goyernment, with thi po'rtunity of reviewing" his posiyj when the eleqtion came. ; A motion by Mr F. Smith tliat's Healy be given a free hand in Pat: ment was put to the meeting £ qarried withput a dfssenting'vqice,