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Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1925, Page 2

KB.<wes>>* a.nsns> At*-* wa I’aui.i v.MK.vr is expected io i midmle the present -I'ssioii curly (hi- week, and liK'iiihers and laiididate- generally "ill he wooing thi> electors very shortly in fill earnest. Mr Coates as Prime Alinister will he issuing a manifesto as soon as Parliament rises giving out the (lovernmeiit policy. Mr Forties on liehalf of the Nationalists will do likewise. Mr Holland for l.alumr i- sure to le eqiialy oi.iiiiiiunie.il i\e. I'nun these three suin'' e> all the political ills of the country should have ready redress. There "id I ■' much interesl manifested m the puhlical inn ol the iiolicie- of the respect ive parties, and the slatemciits arc sure to lie on eotn|iatine lilies, | low ever, the issue ill the end i' not likely to lie a matter of detail'. Bather will it Ia question of stability d government. At | resent. Reform is without a working niajorM \ . 'lid is a tribute to the tolerance ,ii t:..- sii nation that for three yeari,latter- have so drilled oil. It has I. eu dee in I lie main to a tear that l abor might gain an aseeiidaiiev. and in thei than that should eventuate. Betiu'iii has lii'cn kepi in power. The situation actually was a demons! rn t ion oi fusion possibilities, for Bet'orm owes il- nrm of nlfiee io the loyal support of s,.mo l.ibeiats for tile avowed • puri: - i;f keeping Fuliur al arm's lenc.lh. tl js tii'lieved v*■ i \ ""ii“i a!l\ that lu>i.:ii will '.inii' inevitably alter the election. it seems In be hII that Mr ('ealea has mu tl I'y magnetism to ''cure a majority stlpparl olf hiown hat. Mr Forbes L making good a- Lihera! leader, and the impression is gaining ground that the Id 1 end', lather than th" Reformer-. will unlit hv the aiqr-al to the | conic. But tluwe i-, nut. any national danger in D“' ! i out ingi'U' y. foe Mr Forhes amt Ins party are pledged to lusinll. As to to the third ]iarty. I.ebnr has lest ground very generally it late, even though it lias appeared less “red ' Impolitic reasons, tail nr has been preparing for the coming event very rircumspectlv, hut the disguise for the occasion tan lie seen through. In any case there is the history of Labour supremacy in other countries for a guide, and conditions in such are not worthy ol repetition in this Dominion, from a national point ol view. One ol the outstanding features of the coming election will lie the line ty|e ot ■ andiates ((lining forward for the Liberals. Mr Forhes is able to offer a good alternative choice t<> the electors in many constituencies, and on that account an accession of strength seems inevitable. The best Labor can hope for is a tliii tuat ion in personnel losing some and gaining others but the net result is not likely to be specially in favour of Labour. A change will collie aboui no doubt., and this will he governed in the main mainly bv the ultimate fusion ol the dominant pnrt ies.