THE COALITION QUESTION.
■Speaking at Auckland last week, Mr •W. F. Massey stated that the question of coalition had heem discussed at 'the recent #ppo,siition caucus at Wel<l?ngton, and it Wad been decided that 'such |a .pnopositkm couild not he en.-•tcu-tained. ,Mr iMassey probably knows his own business best. He relies, no 'doulbt', upon the defedoon of Mr Millar anic? one '"or two .tikir Government •supporters to give ihitm- the reins of office. He cannot hope, however, that with ta mi'iiority-fiollowing he would i:e «n any beitter position than the Mackenzie OVliiniistry. J.t- -.would be impos..Ohle 'for'him to carry through an .iu* spor.ta.nt legislative programme without something i'n the -nature, of a cfoailition. The •raoderate-dhinking section of the. community is convinced that it ijs only a question of time when the (moderates on both sides of the House 'will (require to make common, cause •agai'h'St tW? 'extreme (Radicals. Every '3, ay that this consurnimation is <lfllayed makes the position,, more difficult, and gives an acMuutage to the iither side. *
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10661, 17 June 1912, Page 4
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169THE COALITION QUESTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10661, 17 June 1912, Page 4
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