MOMENTOUS TIMES AHEAD
NEED FOR. STRONG GOVERNMENT. By XeleeraDli—Press Association. Palmcrston North, June 20. Speaking at. the A. and P. Association's smoke concert, last night Sir .lames Allen urged ; {lio need for a strong Government, Tho times ahead of us, he said, wero as momentous and as serious as those through which we had -just passed, and there must, be a little ir.oro give and take. Referring to the problems of industrial unrest, tho Minister said dipt ifwe wero to have a chaotic stato oi things with the balance of power in the hands of one section of the people rnly, then goodness only knows what would happen'during the neSt four years. He hoped that whatever Government was elected if would bo courageous enough to find out the right path and unhesitatingly stick to 11. '
Sir lames also pointed out that the New Zealand Parliament had a good name for honesty of : purpose, and lio did not think any other country had put up the record that the Dominion had within tbc past four or live years with regard to finance. In other countries there had been' many scandals in financial matters.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 229, 21 June 1919, Page 7
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192MOMENTOUS TIMES AHEAD Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 229, 21 June 1919, Page 7
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