NATIONAL PARTY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1939, Page 7

NATIONAL PARTY

“UNITED AND LOYAL BAND” HON A. HAMILTON’S SURVEY OF TOUR. ISSUES BEFORE THE PEOPLE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The success that had attended his tour of the Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and Wairarapa districts was referred to e by the leader of the National Party, c the Hon. A. Hamilton, on his return to Wellington yesterday. Mr Hamilton I who left for Invercargill last night, will return about 10 days hence to continue his tour of the North Island. He t said that everywhere he had gone he a had found people sick of the Labour e Government’s policy of evasion and F confusion. He had been inspired by the work being done throughout ’ the t ■country by National Party workers p and supporters. I “The National Party, from the rank t and file of -its members to the Par- d liamentary section which represents it r in the House, is more determined than ever to carry on the fight against a Labour Government that is steadily smashing the democratic structure of New Zealand,” said Mr Hamilton. “There has never been a more united and loyal band in politics than that represented by the party today. We have increased our strength by onethird in Parliament and our people t everywhere are as disinclined tc / ‘throw in the towel’ as I am myself, p I have not been- on a tour complaining 0 about the result of the election. Un- v der our democratic system we accept j\ that and just as cheerfully accept the y responsible task ahead —the bringing p of the majority of the people to base s their decisions on reason rather than n on false sentiment.” ENTHUSIASM & INTEREST. Mr Hamilton said that he had been inspired by the work being done throughout the country by National Party workers and supporters. He had devoted the biggest part of the tours to discussions with the members of the great network of committees now working, and in every case he had found that enthusiasm and interest had increased since the election. The organisation had been strengthened considerably already and membership fig- s ures had appreciated. 1 “This was only in the nature of a £ preliminary tour in order to meet thou- t. sands more of my people, but, with 1( meetings confined to actual committee z members only, most of the halls that c were engaged could not seat those who attended,” said Mr Hamilton. “In the I small town of Inglewood, in Taranaki, v 550 members of committees attended s an afternoon meeting last week. We d had to change from one hall to another j in Hawera, because of the number who a turned up, many travelling from as far south as Westmere to be present. r New Plymouth gave me two of my best v meetings. Wanganui overflowed the r hall engaged, too. r “That was last week, and it has been the same story this week, I was in Napier, Hastings, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, Masterton- and Palmerston North for fixed engagements and the spontaneous enthusiasm timong our people was a true indication that we have been strengthened by defeat. The resolve to fight and win is greater than ever. We are resolved to regain our democratic freedom and to establish New Zealand’s good name and credit in the eyes of the world. T •‘SICK & TIRED OF LABOUR.” t “I found people everywhere sick and J tired of Labour’s policy of evasion and confusion. Mr Savage and his col- , leagues have nothing better to offer - than to repeat, parrot-fashion, the i idi- ( - culously false comparison of the past few years of prosperity with those existing during the depression, but the time has come when that falseness is being realised by the majority of the i Pe “i?has been forced home, harshly 1 enough, bv the developments since the j ejection in the Dominion that the Labour Government materially assisted is return to the Treasury Benches by i misrepresentation. It is the jo <e- o i the season that a Government that has , recently taken actions which reveal 1 that it hid the true position from the peoole-even deliberately denied the , true position when it was placed be- , fore the people by my colleagues and my se lf-should talk of the misrepresentations of its °PP° whiph de“Mr Savage leads a party wmen ae tests saving and the people who sav_ -a oarty which in the political sense has achieved passing popularity with spending of inherited reserves. I will continue to carry on the campaign for progressive but sound government m the 4 cof it. No threats or intimidaSi'win tave any elteel on me on my colleagues in Parliament, on the m numerable committees of our’ °rg a ™ ' tinn scattered throughout every eiec lirate in“e„ Zealand on on the ran* and file of the National Party