MINISTERS TO HELP

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 623, 30 August 1933, Page 5

MINISTERS TO HELP

(Press Assn.—

mr. ramson to deliver ' - three campaign speeches - A DOUBTFUL ISSUE

-By Telegraph— C'-pyright).

Christchurch, Tuesday. The Hon. E. A. Ransom, Minister of Lands, will arrive in Christchurch on Thursday to deliver three addresses in the electorate in support of Mr. Freeman. The Leader of the Opposition, Mi'* H. E. Holland, is expected to return at the end of the week, and ■ two cther members of the Labour Party, Messi's F. Langstone (Waimarino) and P. Fraser (Wellington Central) , i are already here. '* \ "T-he campaign is certain to develop into a very severe and strenuous fight. At the last poll the late 'Mr. 'J. McCombs won from Mr. Freeman by only 32 votes. One of the "uncertain factors in the present contest is that the Labour candidate 'is a wbman. She will fare well in places where she is known, but she must do very welf'to balance the strong anti-Labour vote k of the Peninsula f armers: Another doubtful quantity is the vote to be given to the Independent Labour ca'rididate, Mr. Hills. He is an able young man. • "r j| Still another factor is whether .the | Government has become so much less y popular since 1931 th'at Mr. Free-' ;|j man's vote may be reduced. • || There were a lot of good humoured ' fj interjections at Mr. Freeman's meet- fi ing at Opawa on Monday evening. When he declared that the policy of the Government was the only way of n rettling New Zealand's troubles "a voice asked: "AlUon No. 5 scheme?" | "Are you an elector?" asked Mr. U Freemon of a persistent interjector. fn The Interjector: Yes. Mr. Freeman: There are so many people following me round to my meetings. I seem to have an army of admirers. The Interjector: I will have my laugh on election day. "I Hae Ma Doots." Mr. Freeman said the Government would carry the eountry safely through the present difficult period. A Voice (in broad Scots) : I hae ma doots. Mr. Freeman was eritieising the policy of the Labour party in refusing to assist in the formation of the Coalition when he was interrupted'by cries of ::That's not your speech, that's Gordon Coates's." "We will get out of this depression very soon," declared Mr. Freeman. : "How many years?" inquired somehody. ' " Mr. Freeman: I never state things in so many years. I leave that to the judge. A Voice: How many did he give you last time? "If," added Mr. Freeman, "you want a candidate who can be dependtd upon to do his part — " A Voice: Her part, you mean. There was then some trouble over a vote of thanks and the chairman was counted out. ' "You have got a dud chairman," somebody told Mr. Freeman. ' "Will you sit down?" asked the chairman. The Interjector: No. The chairman: Well, stand up then. The chairman declared his motion carried, amid cries of dissent, and the meeting terminated with cheers .for Mrs. McCombs.