MORE PLAIN TALK.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 4

MORE PLAIN TALK.

DUNEDIN "STAB" AGAIN' ATTACKS ' MINISTBY. ;:! The Dunedin. "Star," whose fierce at- i tack last Saturday upon the Government's "back-down" in respect of the Auckland Government House,- was re-" printed here a day or two ago, provides ' the Government in its TuesdayV issue .: with a' second helping of plain talk. "It . has to be borne in mini" it observer .' "that this is one of the matters in regard to which the Prime Minister and. the Leader of the Opposition are on the ; same side. The Meikle business., is. an- - other; and, indeed, experience suggests ', that when Sir Joseph Ward and Mr. .; Massey view a.question- eye to eye there ■[',; is good ground for suspicious vigilance;" ■ l ; ■After discussing the voting on the two:,;;: divisions taken on tho subject, the "Star' 'i 1

Sroceeds-.— 'HrVhen the session is over,.the pposition Leader will return home and assure the northern enthusiasts-.that-he-and his political' friends" 'saved' Govern-, ment House.' At best it will .be-a-'half-truth, but the Government will haveiuo right to complain. "They deserve" what, ever, discomfiture may be in- store; for them in connection with this matter.: Has they adhered manfully: to their.first, policy, they might have lo6t a'seat or two in the Auckland province, but they would have' strengthened, -their.'-.- position, in.-. the south. By their ,'yes-no -attitude;. they' have only earned general censure, and we: hopes that the electors will treasure up this ignoble.surrender,'and be prepared -to mark their sense .of ;. it r afr .the next general, election.". -V-..'.f:V,