ELECTION PARS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1925, Page 3

ELECTION PARS

h v, as .significant, said Air Holland, camlidatc fur ( lirisichurch North, that in a speech at Invercargill Sir Joseph Ward stated that lie would support the Reform Government against l.aliour, and another .significant statement made by him «a, to the effect that he would do nothing to deprive Mr Coates of his position.

"| am a linn believer In the fusion between Liberal and Reform Parties, and I think it is a great pity that the confci-eiiccs have l-rnkcii down. It is a most regrettable thing that Liberal and Reform should light, m threecornered coiite-t.s. f o |. [liey are members of the same family, and the only benefit will Is? received by the Labour Party. (Cheer*, and cries of “iso they should! "b Nothing is more certain than fusion after the election. Air W . Lcudley. Speaking at Aum, C-hristoliurch. Mr Loadin' . Secretary R.S.A.. Reform candidate. said; “I may bo accused as a turn-coat, tint 1 feel no twinge of conscience for being the Reform i a date. T realise that this is the time for every candidate to get into one camp or the other, to support either the Socialist or the anti-Sociali*t Party. f had to decide whether I would follow Afr Coates, a man with a splendid war record and a fine political career, or Air Holland, who has declared that he is willing to carry the brand of the Revolutionary Socialist. It did not take me long to decide which camp 1 would enter, and it will not take the moderate voters long.