RIFT POSSIBLE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 313, 29 August 1932, Page 5

RIFT POSSIBLE

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in coalition govt. DIFFERING INTERESTS OF ' COUNTRY AND TOWN MR. A. J. McLEOD'S YIEWS

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DANNEVIRKE, Saturday. In an interview with a News representative regarding the, political situation, Mr. A. J. McLeod, M.P. for Wairarapa, said it couid be accepted as correct that members of the Coalition Cabinet are woxdcing together harmoniously, but it is well known that strong yet friendly diff erences of opinion exist as to the best ' means of overcoming the effect of the depression. He did not think grounds existed for stating that any serious break might take place between the political parties supporting the Coalition. If later a rupture occurred he felt sure that it would not be along the old lines of Reform and United, but along the lines of Town v. Country. Unfortunately, said Mr. McLeod, a considerable section of the city press is responsible for assisting towards a I rupture, and political Labour is tak- | ing every advantage of the City v. I Country feeling, which it was useless ' denying had rapidly developed since the general election. In the absence of details of the Ottawa decision he was not prepared to say mofe than that. It would be a pity if all sections supporting the Government did not unite to support the steps taken there to cement the economic unity of the Empire and assist world trade-.