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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 246, 10 November 1914, Page 3

State aid fur the employment of counsel for prisoners on trial not in sufficiently affluent circumstances to personally engage lawyers for their defence was a point in legislation for which Mr. Massey claimed at Papakura last night that his Government would take credit. "And yet," continued the Prime Minister, " some people stiy we are not liberal." The audience was not slow to recognise the double meaning of the word ''liberal," and Mr. Massey scored again. Speaking at Papakura last night, the Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) mentioned the interesting tact that he was just " coming of age " in his political connections with Papakura. It was 21 years ago, in the month of November, said the ('hief of the Government, when he first came to Papakura on the political warpath, although ho would not actually have been 21 years in Parliament until next April. Out of that period ho had been 1* yews their member, and he believed he still possessed the confidence of the Franklin electorate, and that tho people would be propared to elect hiui for another 18 years. Th«» loud and prolonged applause that I'ollwed tho latter part of this statement left no doubt of its accuracy iu so far '.is it concerned tho electors of Papakura.