LYTTELTON TIMES URGES WARD TO RESIGN.
Christehurcb, Friday
The Lyttelton Times, a Liberal journal, says"lt appears likely that the Government would have to depend upon a nominal majority of the four Maori members, in fact, and we can scarcely believe that Sir Joseph Ward will elect to retain office with such a narrow margin of uncertain supporters. We should not care to do so ourselves if we were in his position. We should prefer to allow Mr Massey to meet the new House, which cannot endure for more than a session, and to get to the country again as speedily as possible with the clear-cut issues that should now divide parties. It would be simply waste of time, temper, and prestige to attempt to pass progressive legislation with a majority which might fade away at any critical moment. Except in actual numbers and in Parliamentary experience and ability, the Opposition hold a stronger position in the House. Whatever may be its position in the country, its members are a compact body of voters who will not be diverted from allegiance to their leader in the hour of his triumph."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 423, 16 December 1911, Page 5
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189LYTTELTON TIMES URGES WARD TO RESIGN. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 423, 16 December 1911, Page 5
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