PREMIER AS LEADER.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 509, 27 February 1920, Page 3

PREMIER AS LEADER.

HIS PERSONAL HOLD. ] The editor of the Dannevirke News, Mr. McNicol, M.P., is back . from the Government caucus, and ' this is what he has to say: "Nothing can be finer than the personal hold that Mr. Massey has over his supporters. It is felt that to him was f due the Reform victory at the general election and to his judgment | the country looks for guidance in the t perplexing' period ahaad. Mr. Massey is quite straightforward with his supporters, and one outcome of the caucus is that it will impress members of the Cabinet that their keen- l est critics will be their own supporters. it may be taken for granted that while every effort will be made to form a National party in New Zealand, no member of the Liberal party will be asked to join the new Cabinet. When Sir Joreph Ward and his colleagues abruptly resigned from tthe National government they parted with the Reform |>artv for good. The country will probably never realise the burden of work that fell on Mr. Massey and his few old experienced colleagues by the Liberal defection, rnd the result of the gen eral election is but a just tribute to ♦he manner in whiih they arrico it through. The old Reform supporters however, will never trust thf Liberals again, and to introduce one of them into the new Cabinet would merely be to create friction and sibly disruption. The new. Cabinet will therefore be n-e-ited from *h< best brains of the Reform narty, nut , the immediate hue,re ontofctv/'- , v men are likely l<> l»c upi»«yrt*d.

From the Waipa Post: An old Maori walked into a local drapery establishment on Saturday, ana .ipproached a charmingly dressed v.-ox figure placed immediately ai th* end of the counter. He made a lot ot korero, and gesticulated wildly in His effort to make known his wants t<> the figure, and finally retiree, the staff of the establishment being too convulsed with laughter to attend to him- muttering away in his native tongue, and no ooubt wondei - ing how such immovable indi'. idu.iH retained their situntiv»ns.