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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1922, Page 2

In ti e course of his electioneering address at Foxton an Monday night Mr Massey cast his eyes forward to Do- ( ember next, and appealed to his audience in particular and the Dominion ut lirge to return “a stable Government, representative of the loyal element in the community, as against- the extreme Socialistic and Bolshevist party.” The cupidity of this appeal is reminiscent of the Reform tactics at last general election when in so many electorates the supporters of that party took up the attitude that loyalty was the special attribute of the Government in power and safety and stability for the future rested solely on sending the Government back to office. In some eases the advocates went further and credited the Lilierals with being in unholy alliance with the extremists, and bent on establishing a party in power which could not be regarded as loyal! If there were any real test of the loyalty of the Liberals it was at the time of the formation of the National Government, when the Liberals forsook all their party prospects and ranged their forces with the Government to help in that way win the war. There ean be no doiiM- as to tiie effect of that alliance on the Government prospects then and since. The best brains went - into the National Cabinet and to this day the country is living under comparatively better financial conditions than would have been the ease otherwise, had Sir Joseph Ward not had complete control of finance and built up the strong position bo did. Tlie Liberals gave their bes-t in those days and no ono has yet laid “thank you” for tbe services performed. Instead there were charges and innuendoes of dislovnlty at the first election, and what Mr Massey now says seems to indicate that those false charges and cries are to be revived. The public are wiser now, nud Mr Massey will do well to produce bou?o evidence of what is suggested if he ex. pert o to carry weight’.

The Director-elect of the Westland Jubilee Exhibition, according to information from Christchurch yesterday, lost no time in probing the feelings of the executive of the Canterbury Industrial Association in respect to both local and general support of the Coast project. Mr Climie waited on the executive and

explained the tentative proposals in regard to the 1924. exhibition here, and received very encouraging replies from the individual members. What was said amply confirmed the reports brought back by the members of the Progress League who went to Canterbury lately. There is a very earnest wish on the

paiv ui wuj- iMSb vuuo v 11 iuuuo wu luoperate in all matters of general publie interest, and in regard to the coming exhibition in particular there is the realisation of the value to accrue in a public way, and a desire to co-operate in attaining the objective. If the whole-hearted support of the Inuustrial Associations is obtained, then the ultimate success of the exhibition is beyond all question. It will be assured financially by the amount of space

which will lie taken up; it will be assured educationally by the volume and varied nature of the exhibits, and it will he assured from an attendance point of view by the all-round attractive character of the exhibition. Mr Climie has begun very well indeed by his initial step and if the complete cooperation of the Industrial Corporation of New Zealand is secured, the local proposal can proceed at full speed to the point of culmination. The fact that there is this earnest indication of good will on' the part of our Christchurch friends in particular, shows the wisdom of the district allying itself to the fullest extent with the larger province whence can be drawn support of such practical value in the interests of the public welfare.