TITULAR HONOURS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3386, 15 January 1920, Page 3

TITULAR HONOURS.

AND THE SPOILS TO THE VICTORS. AN ll\'*-S'I‘RU'("}TIVE CONTRAS'I‘_ (T 0 the Editor.) , Sir,-—Whe‘ll in 1911 Ml' 'Mzll.‘~‘~scfy' launched the Reform platform at the‘ Town Hall he '(‘lenounced the ocean‘ anc: of titular honours by the Liberal }ral‘Ly. You will remenllbel‘ the laugh. tor when he d(?SCl‘i:bCd Sir_James Car--I'oll’s' K.C.M.G. as “Kingfs Co]on‘jal- - Gontlmnzun” What a sorry ‘ SpOCl'3L'le is that we now S4"C. Mr‘! Mu.ssey formed 21‘ Government in 1912, ‘ a.nd it comprised the following Re-. fol'mo<l pa.triots:— 1912. Mr W. F. Massey. ‘ Mr J. Allen_ Mr W. H_ 1-lerries. M 1" XV. Fraser. _ M Mr A. L. Herdman. l Mr F. Hf D. Bell. 1 Mr R. H. ‘Rhodes. I Mr F. M, B. Fisher, _ I Dr M. Pomare. \ 1919. | Ml‘ Massey, P.C. [ Sir J. Allen, K.C.B. Sir w_ Hen-ics, K.C.M.G. ‘ - Sir W. Fraser, ' ‘ His Honour, Mr Justice I{m.dman_ Sir F. Bell, K.C.M.G. Sir R. Rhodes,“K.C.O.B.E .' Mr F. M. B. Fisher, gone." to other fields’. Dr Pomaro, C.M.G'. ‘Any comment would spoil the picture. Let Mr Massey compare ‘the above list with his speech, in 1911_ O cant, and humbug, thy nmne is R“. form! Yours, etc_. ' . JUNEUS. _ Wellington, Janu-ar_v .1 Ith, 1920_