POLITICAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 50, 17 July 1912, Page 4

POLITICAL NOTES.

MR. WILFORD'S POSITION. Speaking at Lower Hutt on Monday evening, Mr. T. M. Wilford referred to his political attitude towards the new Government. A good many people had tried to get him to define his position, and 'tell the public what he was going to do. As a lawyer, he would say to these people that it was usual to wait till the other side had filed its statement of claim before disclosing one's defence. If. Mr. Massey and his Ministers brought down a policy of Liberalism and progress, and showed a determination to advance with the times, he would feel it his duty to accord them his whole-hearted support. But if the cloven hoof of Toryism revealed itself, he would then take the line that seemed to him best in the interests of the country. The solidarity of the Massey Gov. ernment had been the subject of comment, but this solidarity was largely due to the fact that for years they had been in Opposition, united in a common cause—the ' destruction of the Government. Now that they were in power, their individual differences and interests would be revealed in their legislation. He would await Mr. Massey's policy, and if he could not approve of that policy then he would make common cause with others to oust the Government.

The Eltham Argus has authority for stating that, in the event of a vacancy being created in the Parliamentary representation of Egmotit, it is the intention of Mr. G. P. Wake to offer his services to the electors.