A DOUBTFUL VICTORY.
The end has come. After weeks of intrigue and days' of scheming, the Government has saved its face. On the casting vote of the Speaker, the Liberal Administration has been given an extended lease cf life. The position now is t'luvt- >S:r Joseph Ward will resign,' Unless pressure is brought to bear to induce him to reconsider his decision, and probably the Hon. T. Mackenzie or Mr Laurenson will be called upon to reconstruct the Ministry. With- the head of the party gone, the body will present a very dishevelled appearance. It may, indeed, be wagged by the tail. The probabilities are that the House will not re-assemble till June,* when the fun will commence. The odds are now about a thousand to one on another election within six months. Mr Mas-sey may almost congratulate himself that he is not in power by the will of men whose pledges are treated so lightly as those of Messrs Payne and Robertson.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10570, 28 February 1912, Page 4
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163A DOUBTFUL VICTORY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10570, 28 February 1912, Page 4
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