WELLINGTON MOTES

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1923, Page 1

WELLINGTON MOTES

1 OI.E, TALK [SrixiAt. To The Guauihan.] AYEI.I.EVO'I'ON. June l>7. 'flu- prulongat ion of the Addross-in-lleply. lor no jiiirp i-e that call be oasi!> ili-eovi-ri'il. lias -et many idle ruiiu,urs m i ireulatioii din ing the last day or two. One of the most circumstantial was going the rounds yesterday in lb" shape of a story to the effect that Mr .Massey and Sir Joseph Mat'd had been closeted together for two hours and a-half, and that an announcement afferting the whole position of parties in the House of Hepreseiiiativ, - might be expected before the end of the week. The story was obviously ridiculous, but it obtained nil astonishing amount of credence among people who have been elision- ever since the general eh-cti-m to sec a “tiisiun” between lb,, two older panics, that would ensure the country, ,-s they put it. ngain-t tie- inroads of labour. As a matter of tart. Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Vai'd. save lor the salutation of e casual meeting, bad not exchanged a word for several weeks and neither of them bad ever dreamed of unravelling the parly tangle in the manner the rumour suggested. I lie story provided, incidentally that the Hon AY. I). Guthrie was to resign lii ; seat in the House and that Sir Joseph Ward without further ado wa- to step inLo his vacant shoes. HTSATPOIXTED A.SPIRANTS. Another rumour, not yet wholly discredited. concerns half-a-dozen disappointed a -pirants for the vacant seat at the Cabinet table awarded to Mr Bollard. The story goes that these disgruntled Hefortners brought together hv a common jirioviuiot*. iiro ‘‘seriously I on-idering their party position." No doubt Air .Massey was extremely unfnrtuiiate in having mdv one seat to dint w hen so many fpialilieil candidates ■ ere ready to accept the responsibilities oilier. But it always ha- been -o and a loriniglit ago his friends wnv warning the Prime Minister that be niii-t move warily. It i- easier tc nice advice in such matters, however, than i: i- to avoid ci casionieg some one - <lispleasure. Mr Bollard’s principal claim to pre-ferment appear- to have been hi-, prr-onal popularity and it is one likely lo -dam! Air Massey in good stead ii, the ultimate result. Had Mr Young regarded as the best equipped of the candidates, or Air l-icld. or Mr Sykes, or All- Harris, cr Nil- John 'l,tike been appointed, the equation of good-fellow-•Jiip would have been less in evidence. THE CHASM BETWEEN. The "New Zealand Times” ibis win ning after making a judical survey of the position stuns up decisively against the ease for fusion. ‘'lnereased production and increased population.'' it. -ay-, "are the keys of prosperity today. as they wore in the past, when the Liberal policy used tliem so skilfully. Hut hoih require a land policy which .-at 1-e shortly described as the prevention of laud lin-ntis. But the Deform Party Inis, at a most critical juncture, declared most prtu lit-ally its preference] for a land bourn. On this text a whole volume might easily be written. Enough to say that the text embraces tin- whole radical dilli reiiee between tlm j p Jicir--. ni' Deform and Liberalism. They ]

lint ili lie re Her -uf theory. Ilolhj carry 11-itrs nailed hy experience in the j re.-peetive masts. Roth must he indeed j 1.-.' cold fan-. not liealed asseveration-, j |i is useless for critics like Mr Harris in denounce party expedients and per- • M.nal oain a- the liar- in fusion In j the fa: o e.f hislnrie fact:- these are ini- j pltdent iin levaneies. The fads ot In— | tnrv have laiilt lip the iildcstriiclihle j ricks trirderino the two sides of the 1 1:asm n hirh hum ter ever separate tla- | I ill' inl and Iteinrm pai l ie- " I’rn !,al;l\ ! In- V. ill mu settle I lie mailer s' ! fai a Mr Harris ami Ids friends are j j cnneei ned hut it -reins in lie the view j I ~f rhe event mni<'nt\ nf the l.iheral j I '"ii i n COMIM.IM i-:n i s. The aeeuiint nf the exehanne el plea- j

s:i ill rio> lirt wci’ii t!ir Prime Mi 11 i- 1 <-i •siiil Mr (;• -i-r :.• !•'.»i 11:<• usi-iutn-r for 11 11rtins11 . in tim 11 1!11-i■ !;i-l niiilit '' s lint Iraki' eery !i! vir‘':iilino : inn. thn iuriili'iit i! -•‘lf w;i- i-ntrl'lsi inin;! ni'il cvi'ii iti.'i rll<■ t i\'i.‘, .Mr r'orln. ns is in-: wmi. tist'il iim i.'loii!>--! po>si!)lc i In nnii:ra;i>. ;in 1 1 Mr Mn :> - -•:iif •• -1j |c-» min -I rn i ll< -1 in !iis c-1 ■ • >i< •' hi'H'il-. j !• v.:i-. Mr I'.i !n>- -nit I. ili-onn . Mil I'ot | ;i Prime Mini-til' in on inln n inn-i -lilurmv mi'l try tn (!• -1 nim 1 s il n- Mr i Mti-.-ev h:u 1 ilmie ;il Onmnrn. It wsi-'l lirnooino !i i - liioli nffu-e in I III' ilil'l. I" mu! tn Innt'n n’i tlln klllll the Mm- I j-!.• r rciurti'il t'n.il thn siiiti’llH'iit-' were | :ili.solit!t'l.v innirnrv to fin-t :mil ii'iimj v.iittlivol tin' limn \\lm ln'rl mini'' tli'-m- j Tim Spnnk.'i- relink-'! tin- i iV-n.lers in ;

(11' r II!IH'U I;!)I11: f i‘. ; m* i m-•i- m- > • •t 1 ->-> > mole loiii'ti'iius methods nl ili-1>:i1 1> . tint j I hr Ilnllsr \Vii> reminded hv llilil i |i;i-rr.i 1 1 **lWi ell till' 'I i' put ;UII ' 11 l:i t I In' -pint „! M r lilV. frrilhllilir- I _ r,.,l- ; , 1,t,• i nl cirri ions reiniimed <-iullv futilrj v lien it un- put put in the lilmnutc | lot. _ I