PATRIOTIC WORK

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20911, 16 September 1939, Page 9

PATRIOTIC WORK

NATIONAL PARTY EFFORTS full share to be taken DOMINION-WIDE ORGANISATION (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday A decision that the National Party will maintain its organisation and will take its full share of patriotic work in every part of the Dominion was made at a meeting of the Dominion executive of the party in Wellington yesterday. Representatives were present from all parts of New Zealand, said the Leader o-f the Opposition, the Hon. A. Hamilton, tonight. Members were unanimous in this decision. It was pointed out that the party had an oirganisation spread through ail districts, town and country, and with such rallying points as National clubs and other similar institutions, the party could and would concentrate on an effective drive in the interests of New Zealand’s support of the war efforts of the Mother Country and the Allies. This action would support the lead given by the Parliamentary section of the party, comprising the Opposition in the House of Representatives, which had already expressed willingness to co-operate with the Government in the war effort. The party organisation, Mr Hamilton added, wo-uld therefore concentrate on whatever form of patriotic endeavour was instituted in each district or centre.