POLITICAL FAITH WANES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 6

POLITICAL FAITH WANES

MR. RUSHWORTH LOSES ; HOPE

i UNITED PARTY’S PROMISES

|(THE EUN’S Parliamentary Reporter.) i PARLIAMENT BLDG, Tuesday. ? Has Mr. H. M. Rushworth (Bay { of Islands) lost that faithflwhich , caused him to vote the United a Party into office. One gathered so i from the remarks he made dur- § ing his Budget speech in the 1 House tonight. " The Country Party‘s sole represen:tative, in a quiet incisive way, made I: it clear that he had not a very high iopinion of the Government performiance so far, and there was a stir ot Hnterest when, after discussing the IBudget, he made some general re--2 marks. ' 1 Mr. Rushworth said that he under[stood Sir Joseph Ward, during the session in December last, to promise to provide a free breakfast table, whatever that might mean, and to tackle the financial ring, whatever that might mean. Was there though anything in the Budget to lead one reasonably to believe that those two points would be dealt with by the present Government? “I know the present Government," he continued, “will not put things right because it is apparent that as a whole it does not know there is any problem in existence, let alone the nature of it.” (Laughter.) He had been very much impressed with what had been said about the Prime Minisv ter. He knew he was a. reputed wizard of finance. He was still impressed but he was looking for the conjurer to pull the rabbit out or the hat. ,

“Whether it can be done,” he said, .‘I do not know. I am, however, con!vinced that it is necessary for every member to realise that there is a. problem before the country, and a. very serious one, too. I would suggest also that it is desirable that we set about examining it and deciding the nature of it. Let’s have a clear-cut policy reaching into the future. Let us decide now what is going to be'the effect upon our children and our children’s children. The Government’s cup is filling up. I don’t know what the result will be. I am certain that unless the Government tackles the main problem and deals with it honestly and sincerely it must have a very” short life.”