COUNTRY FIRST

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 December 1931, Page 6

COUNTRY FIRST

MR VAILE PrlAKES FINAL APPEAL TO ROTORUA ^ ELECTORS WELL ATTENDED MEETING

_ At the conclusion of a crowded but very orderly meeting in the Majestic Theatre last night, when Mr. E. Earle Vaile, Independent Reform candidate for Rotorua made his last appeal to the electors "to use your votes to the best advantage of the district and the country," he was accorded a heart> vote of thanks and confidence, which was carried almost unanimously, only a small section in the rear of the . hall raising their voices in dissent. His Worship the Mayor, Mr. T. Jackson, occupied the chair. Mr. Vaile opened his address by

giving the reasons why he had offered his services in support of the Reform Party and added that after the formation of the Coalition the ; Reform Party in the Rotorua electorate had requested him to continue ^ under their banner. He therefore claimed their support at the poll today, otherwise they would let him down. "There are many things that the Reform Party has done* of which I do not approve," said Mr. Vaile, "but I will leave it at that." He said that the reason he supported the party was that its policy was the nearest to his own. Vigorous Criticism The candidate then vigorously criticised the other parties' policies. In criticising the United Party, Mr Vaile particularly mentioned their schemes of land settlement, using the Galatea estate as an example. He said that Galatea was one of the

most inaccessable settlements in the Dominion and he disapproved of the vast amount of money being spent ir. making access routes to it. Had the Taupo railway been built, he said they would have had suitable means of access (Laughter.) "Thi'ee thousand pounds will not cover the cost of each settler on the estate, which is more than the settlers can pay back," he said. He also instanced this as one of the unemployment schemes of the United Party. He also dfew attention to what he described as Mr. Forbes's record of "chopping and changing his policies and the way he had sought first the Labour Party's then the Reform Party's support. He strongly condemned Labour's borrowing policy, stating that borrowing should be reduced to a minimum. The Country Party was dismissed. after a brief mention, as representing a section and not the whole of the people.

How would you vote in the event of a no-confidence motion," was a question asked Mr. 'Vaile. "I would support the Coalition," he replied, "as being the lesser of two evils. I admire the Labour leaders, but I don't agree with their party's policy." Mr. Vaile closed his address witb . an appeal to the electors to vote in the interests of the country as s whole, and not for only one part They should choose the candidate best qualified in every way for the position as their representative. At the conclusion of his address Mr Vaile satisfaetorily answered a number of questions.