"OPPOSITIONIST'S VIEWS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1911, Page 3

"OPPOSITIONIST'S VIEWS.

To the Editor. Sir',—As an Oppositionist I.beg leave to give some opinions uttered on Friday last which ihave reference to our coming second ballot. Mr D. Mc- : 1 Laren. president of the New Zealand Labour party, says tilmt "one tiling on wfrich we take a strong and definite stand is that we are out-

and-out in opposition to those people who are prepared to alienate the Crown lands and national endowment land of our country; and that, "ofcourse, places us in the position that on the ground of definite principles wo cannot sympathise with the Opposition party, seeing that it lias ■pronounced its policy to he one of general freehold, which spells alienation of the national estate. The fact that some individual members of that party may profess leasehold views in antagonism to their fcwn leader's cannofc £'te r our view of flute t . matter." Mr Bell, the official 'candidate for the

Opposition, in speaking at Berhampore on Friday nigse, said: "The Opposition platform was very much the same as the Government one; it means that the Opposition and Government parties have verv much the same ideals; they were perfectly good friends, hut only differed as to the way in which tHie country's business should be carried on."" Now as am Oppositionist. T cannot see mv way clear to support Lahour on ■ jThnrsday next, especially after raiding Mr McLnren'e manifesto to the "workers." Touts, etc. OPPOSITIONS