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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 15 March 1906, Page 2

" Xew Zealand lilcetion —Mr Beddon's Triumph " is a hernial!; that appears aver a couple of columns of print in the homlon " Morning Post ' of ' itoiii January. The writer is Mr ' liicbard Jcbb, who toured New Zea- ' laiul during the turmoil of the general elections. Mr Seddon, of course, is the liulky peg on which the theme is hung. " I'liijuestionahly the victory belongs lo Mr Seddon rather tlinn to his parly or his platform," Mr .febb declares, and he goes on lo show that l lie Premier's cubic content, with a proportionate voice, capable of ebbing and lloHing according to political rci|uirenients, inevitably make him a popular ligure in colonial communities. Incidentally Mr Jebb contrasts Mr Seddon's victory with the last triumph of (lie late .Sir John Macdonald, a veteran Premier of 'Canada, when (lie aged war-horse galloped lo vidory on (lie simple ticket of the old (lag, the old man, the old policy," Mr .Jebb, lliongh he rightly says that "the old man, the old policy," constituted the mam Ministerial shibboleth during last year's buttle of the polls, credits Mr Seddon with omitting " the old Hag." I Mr Scddon's platform versatility largely accounts, in Mr Jcbb's opinion, j for the Premier's hold on the populace, | It is now generally k ' Parker, of has disused of his jewellery bu s jjjp HSi \ business aimoiincment .slat fls that all goods are > reduced 25 per cent, and over, but the t bare announcement cannot do justice , to the unprecedented value offering. Every article bears the old original '' price, oil which the liberal discount is e hiu'ly visitors will secure the | pick ; in fact, it is gsscntially a case of , the early bird catches the worm, and the worms in this caae are valuable in- V dwd,—lt