THE P.P.A.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 April 1923, Page 4

THE P.P.A.

MB LI.I.iOT'S ADMISSION.

I i-V 11: 1.1:1:1! \ I’ll - flit rni.sx asm** 1.1 l itis.j : Df'NKDIN. April •'>. j 'l eaking, with legat'd 10 the Tan- ! tonga eh cl i< m, the Rci. Ilowatd rjlag ; said: lie had been a-ke.i why Sir j •L -I'p'i Ward vr- licfea led. II is 1 , ply i ' a that lit- deb at. heg.in li*.e years j ego v.hen ike P.P.,\. wa- format!. S-nce i B-' epic i cemed to think that Sir .1- | • pli was the man l,; ,-ave tile coiin'.ry! and I F t ill* was a great linnin :al g, ni- j e- : 1 nl he v, ~- uni the kind of iiuau- | ci.i I g.'Mi: they wanted. The return uf j Mr M icmilb'.ii wa- sat isfaeinry to them ] “I in.'ey vat-, 'i'lie iulliii'iive of the j I’.l’.A. had been referred !•• very Bit-j ti-rly by t be-.' v. ho wished things had j gone ctliei w i.-.e. Ii hag! been a strem:- ! "'•i- dual :cl ween Air Ala—ey and Sir ! •F 1 i>’* Waul. Wlnal Mr Ma-sey had ! ii-'r-i the ball' on of the !;7,D.!)i.:i.(!::{) i f j papci money, there was little more F,j I,- said. Now. it seenieil, Sir .Icejil’, ! "as going 1 ■ t'H, l the country, giving : never talk himself into I 'nriiaim nt j '•'•hile the 8.1’.A. existed. I Apple use), j to regard tn the Oamat'i* clc-t i,.n. l.e! said he I ! i.cnl with imerc-i a -'.ate- j I, unit by Mr IhJhuid that the L-.ii.iiir j P-M'L.v had ml been jiiMpe: ly organi-cil ! li t tie. - i. -t igi et ien. hot tha 1 it w a.- j in)” leady, ami that it i <■-1 m I with iioj local 1 at lie iis i 1 select a camlidale. ! Now Mr Macphorsiui hail aiinoiiiii cd that the l.abour Bart;.' v. as not going to run a. candidate. This suggested to him that smile agreement had been ecnie to between them, lie declared that the hahnnr Organisers who had gone down to Tauranga from Aneklaud had been slidaeuly otdered lim.-k fri in Wellington. The master hand behind the Labour Movement had spoken. Sir

Joseph was not to he oppia-ed. Now, fi r fear that Mr Lee would he ictnrni'd. L.' hmir wa- to stand a-ide. though il was supiMs.'il to he against l.iheralism. Again, the nuistei' hand was at voik. ordering Labour to lie low, to give tho forces which were against IVn-ti-t.mti-ui a 1 bailee. If l.abour were consistent, it would have opposed both Sir Joseph Ward and Mr Macmillan but the power behind it had spoken whc.xe purpose was to break up the Bj'ci ,-taiu I’oiies which were represented in a large measure by the present Government. There was an earnest need for Protestants to stand shoulder to shoulder to defeat that organisation 'I he Protestant forces, ill Oamaru. he added, would he in operation during the coming election.