FEMININE LOGIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 502, 3 November 1928, Page 8

FEMININE LOGIC

Sir, — When the elections campaign began I —a mere elector at the best—treasured a vague hope that Miss Melville, who believes implicitly in the doctrine of “try again,” would have something to offer in politics. My illusions have been shattered; my hopes dispersed; my doubts confirmed. My attendance at this lady politician’s meeting at Kingston Avenue last evening convinced me that Miss Melville’s logic is illogically feminine. Because the National Anthem was not sung at Mr. H. E. Holland’s meeting at the Town Hall, the Labour Party is disloyal, she said. Because the members of the party did not say “his Majesty’s Opposition” they are disloyal.

Now, sir, in politics, as elsewhere, I like to be fair. Allow me, therefore, to ask Miss Melville two questions: Has the National Anthem ever been sung in a New Zealand political meetings, except in exceptionally rare circumstances? Does Miss Melville open her meetings with “God Save the King?” Is it the usual practice for the Opposition in the House of Representatives to be called his Majesty’s Opposition? If Miss Melville knew a little about the procedure of Parliament. she would recall that the Prime Minister invariably refers to Mr. Holland as “the Honourable the Leader of the Opposition.” Is Mr. Coates as disloyal as Mr. Holland? Why not fight fairly even on the hustings? FAIR GO.