THE LABOR GOVERNMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1924, Page 1

THE LABOR GOVERNMENT

IX OF KICK—XOT IX ROWER. FX-RRFAfI Eli HUGHES IXTERYTKAVED, f" V tl'lUXlllAlUr—l-Jilt mtESH ASSOCIATION."! AT'CKLAXI). Feb. ]l. Speaking ol the political situation in j.iiy.aud, Mr M . Hughes, (ex-Fedejnl Premier), interviewed, said ; ..“That winch was in any ease inevitable lias Happened a little sooner than exported. Labour is i„ office, but as vet i.s not J u I : oevi-r. That it will sooner or ‘ ,tl 1 O'“‘ r i.s certain, but no one '■■'n say When. Presumably the elec111will have an opportunity of ex-

W-cs-n'e ;11l opinion on the fitness of ' u, '°" r "• Britain before verv i" 11 ”- 11 i'arliameitt rejects .Air AhieOunnld’s h "' : -y it will not rest with 1,1111 i“ mlvne an appea.l to the electors : " I ' l "" :,!l lu'o'dical purposes this ad,l" accepted as it lias been in 1 ,l "' l:| 0 three-quarters of a r !'" 1 position in England. then, IS nothing for sensible people to 'y l ■ lhmm '' l It is. in the lir.st 1 nice, entirely enlist l l utuma 1. Tim La,l 'A l " « P e by virl no of tl!0 " ,I( “I tile people, and it can do n,, '. lnm; Tc.r yood or for harm unless a majnniy () | the people either thromdi , ' ! " i i r n '■'■'“'miatlves i„ .|,„ p ,,. 5 ,L I’i'.rlmmeni or directly by their voles at ■ m " t! "' l ' ' ‘lt’d, it-i i —determine. Then il Ins to lie remembered that Air .MacDonald and his colleague , are ail Englishmen. or Scot ebmeji, or Welshmen, which is the same, only niueli more so, whether one agrees with llioir vi “Ws or not. They ' a.re sincerely anxious to do the best for their country and a great majority of them are itlst plain, sensible, and law abidlue Englishmen. Lastly, there is the anti-climax of the personnel of this lirst Labour (eiverunient in Tiritnin. It staided with three Lords and now has. 1 think, six. It will probably wind "P with a baker's dozen. \o doubt this strony infusion of the enbilitv in-

to the proletarian cup was necessary under (lie circumstances, hut. as an Australi MU wli r* lias been a member of every Labour Covernment in I lie Commonwealth I cannot help smiliuy at the tears ol those timid ones who dread that this first Jlriiish Labour Covernment will do some uild and awful t hilly. The hoot is, I think, rather likely to he on the other foot, for if the Government is not very careful it will do iinthiiiy a t all.