WELLINGTON TOPICS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1931, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS

MiIUICuiNU i HE OPMIN OM.

A LABOUR PAPER’S OUTBURST (Special Correspondent). WELLINGTON, July 20. There is reason to rear mat tne outburst against -now and its politicians which apeared m the Syuuey Daily” me other day was at; least instigated by some disgruntled member or the Lauour Party uere.. At. any rate it is ihe kind oif “'stuff” winch is. being spread abroad bv individuals who would not be admitted to the colums of a punctilious newspaper. Mr G. W. Forbes’ commentary upon the rubbish ottered to the Sydney paclic ceriainly was not needed on this side of the Tasman Sea and it is not likely, to make much impression on the other side. The' Prime Minister adds to his statement to Ihe morning newspapers an assurance that he never has imagined New South Wales lacking in friendly cordiality.

PARTY GOVERNMENT.

Mr G. F. Moore, an early settler in the Wanganui district, makes one last appeal in the correspondence columns of. the “Dominion” this morning ‘‘to’ the cbiiliiibihsettse ahd patriotism of the Parliament and peoplti of this country.” And ltd Is very much in earnest. “I have no hesitation,” he declares, “in saying that if an election is forced upon New Zealand this year, or indeed until our position is m re rfesured it will be a lasting disgrace to the Parliament df this country.” There can be no doubt about the sincerity of Mr Moore on this matter; indeed it has agitated lrm foV months, but the opportunity for “fusion,” temporary or permanent, has pcssed, and a general electipn in the near future is inevitably among the scourges awaiting the country.

ELECTORAL REFORM.

The cablegram irom London the othday stat.ng that the Electoral Reform Bill had been returned from the House df Lords to the House of Commons in such a dilapidated condition that there was little prospect of it reaching the Statute Book in the near future probably has prejudiced the prospects of a s’m lar n easu-e Mr Clink-' ard, the United member for Rotorua, has on the Order Paper. It seems, indeed, that the Mother of Parliaments having encountered a rebuff of ( this kind a similar difficulty may beset one of the youngest of her offsprings. Mr Clinkard, however, is by no means dismayed, and even if he fails to secure no more than a second rending Ifor his “Baby” this session, he should gain ground for another attempt nejet year. Other pioneers have fated Worse.