THE PRIME MINISTER
THE COUNTRY RIGHT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Monday. The Hon. T. Mackenzie, speaking to a Post reporter, said that ihe had just returned from an extensive tour of the South Island. The country was right, and if a general election took place tomorrow there was not the slightest doubt that the Liberal Party would come hack with a good working majority. Replying to Mr. Millar's prediction that the Government would be defeated 011 a no-confidence motion, he said: "We are in the hands of the House. All I know is that tihe Liberal Parly at the conference pledged themselves to support the men selected by the pa.rty. If they fulfill that pledge we will earrv on. But the House and the country need have no anxiety. As far as I am personally concerned, if the House says it does not want, us, I will accept the decision without argument, but we will use no means whatever to secure a majority. I know the constitutional position and that an appeal to the country cannot be made until the House is exhausted, but there may be one or two ups and downs before that takes place."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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197THE PRIME MINISTER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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