ECHOES OF THE ELECTIONS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2959, 7 November 1925, Page 3

ECHOES OF THE ELECTIONS.

—♦ Wanganui, November 5. On being interviewed this morning regarding the election results, Mr. W. A. Veitch, organiser for the National Parity, said: “The Nationalists set out with the highest posible ideals of reducing the evils of party strife and establishing a party that would raise Parliament to a national conference. But party dies hard and the difficulties proved much too great. The long illness of our leader Mr. W&lford, the shortage of time and funds, and the splitting of votes made success quite impossible from the beginning. Want of funds prevented us from taking platforms in reply to Ministers who did a vast amount of travelling. “Mr. Coates has had a great win and I for one congratulate him on his success at the, polls. He now has a great opportunity and the length of his term of office as Prime Minister will depend entirely on his policy of administration.”

COATES’ OPPORTUNITY. London, November 5. The “Morning Post,” in a leader, entitled “New Zealand’s Voice,” says: “The world is much occupied with elections at the present time. New Zealand, following Canada, and Australia following New Zealand. The Australians of their Dominion will be as decisive as that in New Zealand, where a strong, stable Government is assured. Mr. Coates, successor to Mr. Massey, of honoured memory, has won victory surpassing even his own supporters expectations. He has a majority over all parties. As in other countries, the Liberal Party seems discredited. In the clash between Socialist and non-Socialist, there is no room for Liberalism —it only gets in the way. In a Parliamentary sense, Labour ceases to be formidable. .The New Zealand electors have shown what they think of Labour’s pretensions in the shipping strike. The election is a personal triumph for Mr. Coates, who has the opportunity to become as great an influence as Seddon and Massey were in their generations. New Zealand is to be congratulated upon her capacity to produce the man when the hour strikes. MiCoates has proclaimed his intention to follow the policy of Mr. Massey which may lie epitomised m the phase ‘New Zealand is with the Mother Country to a man.’”