LABOUR AND THE MINISTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 224, 20 September 1915, Page 2

LABOUR AND THE MINISTRY.

\i»in;K-- in mi: \\ n:i:. \i iv Mr. I' I . WV1.1.. M I', 'or : Jr«-> . lid .h.-«ed a ,w|! aid ii.lcl m.etitiK in the i 1 ■'■ I '.ill :r lii-f ii .: .t iiji.tn the ■ I.i ...ur ,<l tun.l- !.. ill- i onlitioii i iiivi-ni ii ml mi.I I- r-.iroii- fur ho] I ir, , almi! from I'.r latter. Hclerr.mr to th- f..r mail, ii "f >'•■■ pii'heiit Mini-tr,\. Mr We'.h • t-aid lh.it ,t «.is onl;. I.i.r ~ (iie l.i'.prallii <-a\ that 111.- major t\ ..ft h.-m ..ere . upp.».e 1 l-i n , o.ihlion I iie po-.tlnll 'Withal Mr. M i--c> could not iiiiiiniuml a I workun; ma l-nti . nn,| in the e\. n! ..' h - defeat the Liberals K.iuld ha\p ! n i un.il.l- to earn on. They had ni.n ac ceptpil t if io.ilili,.n. I.ill he iliiuiiteil vvlii.llipr they «oil I r.ur\ ,ye it. Thp s,e.lkci went "II t ' i-r.li. it-e the pieseii! ilh.v HVnti-m of taxation. --]~-. i.i'l v thai upon lan I. Mc produce I fi.Mirc. t<. »l.o»----that the IIiNHI ppn|i'e in tlie Dominion paying only C'Uti.imil i> year f»r the right t . use laud -.vor-.ii mer xsn m»i.iniil Ah.l- Hit- tnhitivn •.niokiTH uf th.- country ■ontri'.tiled Uiiiiiiooil :i \ear to tin revenue. The eo-t of I.mii. «a- e<lllll3 ,ip, .in,| the Ma-spy iJovr'nment had r-fn~.-l In incrpfloe the oil a^.• p-ni-ion-corre-;.oii I n-ly The hanks Mere inakini.' of them had lieen save I from ruin ill years Rone l» tlir.xiiili I Invnimirnt .11 t.rvenlion That hank. s'o.iiM he thMat- hank. Iml it «.is not. Tlip vain.' of the co:inlr\'- PXporW la<t M-.ir 111 cea—l i.\ ilnon.i«»i nm«th o"»inp 1 ■ the n.u- And iii th vernmpnl pro 1 ided .1 ppii»'.oii of only J."i a wppli fu: ,l;-.il,l,-.| »..ldi-re. If niir polit- ».-r----la\-.| to the f\tent of l<l | <-r cent therf «ovid he I'tmuflh money tn (five tin vroundpd hoys <2 a «■.-<. The li.ivi-rn input had fjili- I to re--lint.- food p'.cer.r to nipe .Mlh iiionopolislit and ,-p-u !.it,,r- who «ere Ileecina tlie ].-o;.!r Tht-L-i'-oiir partj would t.d.-r..t- m, alliancwith ani.m> , lull the primary prod. r, an 1 Kould haw m.th.iiK to do «.th any party that Mi;.por:ed the c.iintak-.t 1. i'na to nipe off the f>l P i.f the earth. Thai w.is Uilioiir's reason for renu.nlnc ntltoiile tin- pr--.nt I iu\ erillllPllt. At the clo,e of the meeting the foll-.W ins r.-r.01ui.,,n was .arr,e,| iinaiiiinuiMy: ■That this meeting endnr»p» the action of the Parliamentary Labour party in htnuding iil.n.f from' the B o palled 'Na tonal Ministry, anil il-sires to c\-ires<. the !...[.- I hat th-m.l-.—n.l-n p of l.al.oiu »ill lie maintained until thr llovern Itient of the country In thoronjrhly rppre •tentative of the people and is subject to the will of the majority at all tunes"