“OSBORNE OR OPPRESSION”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 503, 5 November 1928, Page 6

“OSBORNE OR OPPRESSION”

LABOUR MAN AMPLIFIES SLOGAN REPLY TO MR. HARRIS When Mr. A. G. Osborne, Labour candidate for Waitemata, spoke in the Marine Square, Devonport, on Saturday evening, he amplified his campaign slogan of “Osborne or Oppression.” The speaker replied at length to the reported statements about the Labour Party by Mr. A. Harris, the Reform candidate. Mr. Osborne, stating that Mr. Harris had said the Labour Party was disloyal, claimed that Labour had in its ranks more men who had served the Empire than could be found in either Reform ox* United. Mr. Osborne also denied that the Labour Party had distributed “Red” propaganda. “Mr. Holland knows as well as I do that the Labour Party has no connection with Communism,” went on the speaker. Referring to the United Party, the speaker said that Sir Joseph Ward was a great Liberal under the late Mr. R. J. Seddon, but he had failed as a leader. The Labour candidates were the only ones in the political field opposed to the present Government. Reform’s shortcomings in the way of land settlement, of preventing unemployment, and of failing to give New Zealanders an opportunity of leading healthy and useful lives were fully expounded. After Mr. Osborne had answered questions, cheers were given for the candidate.