"LIBERAL" PROSPECTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1400, 28 March 1912, Page 5

"LIBERAL" PROSPECTS.

: A GLOOMY VIEW. I IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS ElPJ2CTED TO -DAY. . j A Government member who was encoun« tered last evening look so gloomy a view j of tho prospects of his party as to pre- j diet that the present complications would i probably end in Sir Joseph "Ward having .] to recommend tho Governor to tend for. Mr. Massoy. I Tho members' of tho "Liberal" Party : aro by no means unaware that tliey ar« dam aging their already slim prospects by lengthening out the period allotted foe • the selection of a new Cnbinct. Ona ; prominent member of tho party admitted as much in conversation with a reporter j last evening. Ho assented to a sugges- ' tion that every day of delay in iustaliihff j tho new Ministry strengthened and "heart- ] ened tho opponents of the "Liberal" | party. The same member indicated that j important developments would tako pint* j by noon to-day. '

THE REFORM PARTY.

MB, MASSET IN TAEAKAKI. (By • Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.! Auckland, March 27. Mr. W. F. Mnssey, M.P., Leader of the Reform party, left by the Main Trunk express last night, en routo for New Plymouth. A number of the members of the party tfero on-tho platform to eoa their, chief off. Mr. Massey.will be in Stratford to-night." To-morrow after- 1 noon ho will visit Ngaore, wliero lie will receive an address from the local 'mem- > bors of the Reform party, and in tho ' evening ho will attend a Reform rally at Stratford. At the latter function a presentation is to bo made to Clio itiember ; for tho district (Mr, J. B. Hine). On Friday evening Mr. Massoy will bo one of tho guests at a settlers' dinner at ; Whangamomona, and will then return ; to Auckland. The Leader of tho Reform party is to leave for Wellington at the end of next week. Prior to his departure last night, Mr. ! -Mnssey was present at a largely attended meeting 'of the Reform party. Amongst other matters discussed was the establishment of a Reform Club. An institution of tho kind is to bo started, and it is hoped to shortly secure suitable promises. A largo membership is assured.