SPEECH BY MR MASSEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 88, 2 April 1908, Page 2

SPEECH BY MR MASSEY.

REPLY TO THE PREMIER.

Per Press Association. ' v x. Whangarei, Last Night. Mr. Massey. Leader of the Opposition, addressed a crowded audience here to"'SJ', 4 ' J le traversed the recent speed) of the Premier in Whangarei and other places. After dealing with various aspects of the Land Bill on lines of his previous utterances, he referred to revo-

lutionary socialism. He quoted Keir Hardie, the Fabian Society, and other socialist authorities. They held that the community should be divided into two cla SS e S _Stat 0 owners of land and Mate employees. Socialism and Libert 1 ism were not synonymous terms True Liberalism advocated individual" enter- i prise The New Zealand Parliament and the Cabinet contained a majority of men who were prepared to accept soc,ahsin as hud down by the authorities referred to. Revolutionary socialism, which the socialists claimed thev waned, meant steady progress towards of i a „,|.° n f on t OT ald of liberty. The onlv poti,-v the Uvernment had to oiler was one of

compromise. If the Government members were not revolutionary social thoy had strong leanings that w an findany Government policy, he offered to lend them two planks of Lis own those being security „f tenure and c-oo roads, which, if adopted by the GovC ™ent, would be a greater" advantage to the country than anything else Tie public- debt in New Zealand was mcrea' l»ng so alarmingly that the time Ind .come I,* rigid e,ono„,y and ob ti ,ini„J

value for expenditure.' Me eould "• ammnl ~„■ „,c 1Y,.,„i,,-. „„■„,, „„„,;■. h,l 7p •' '* the fad !, f 'I \v" ' I"""' 'i visit fhatmor,,ing to the Y\ aerenga vinery. The public I accounts were kept in such a way that i was impossible fo r anyone to undersand them They ought to be so simplified as. to cou.e, within the compre"lent of the local government system, revision of the public service, and witling support to universal old-a-'c nensions. ° I "'

! A vote of thanks for his address and ;;!'t d T mlr % IfU3S, : yas M>oiitieai nailer »a» earned unanimously.