“ALL HUMBUG”

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 9

“ALL HUMBUG”

_ PREMIER ObTbPOKLN. 1 ~——-——- l ! Inswsn T 0 MR POLSON. I _l——‘ SDCIALISATmN TALK. ‘ “" 1 "It's 111 humbug and no one knows Iv. better mon "in man who uttered It," declared the Prime Mlnlater, Mr Savage, when mo allegations of extreme sociallsm on the part of the Govern- l mont which were made by Mr w. J. Poison, M.P., Dominion procl- ; dent of the New Zealand Farmers' Union oi. Morrlnsvllle yesurdny were referred to the Pre- 1 mlor when he arrived It Frank: ‘ ton Junction from Wellington ‘ this morning. ‘ Answering the statement by Mr Pollon that by next year wool and meat would have been brought. under the guaranteed prices scheme. Mr Savage said: “Wool and meat are doing all right now and there is no need for us to worry about their position. If there comes an occasion when the marketing or this produce should get Into dimcullies then it will be time for r us to take action." The Premier described the suggesilon that the Government was out to nalionalise the land as being absurb. “\\'e are nol: so mad as that," he added with a smile. Mr Savage stated that he was receiving communications from all parts of New Zealand and Australia complimenting the Government on its at—lilurlc towards the primary producer. For every complainant Mr Poison could produce he could offer 10 with convictions in the opposite direction