HARRYING THE PREMIER.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 77, 30 March 1920, Page 10

HARRYING THE PREMIER.

To th* Editor.) Sir, —Your sub-leader of the 17th, drawing attention to the health of tin' Prime Minister was timely. All kind* nf tinpot leagues, unions and societies think it their bounden duty to bombard Mr. Massey with telegrams and Ion; screeds on every conceivable subject. If a war-rich cocky can't get benzine for his motor or a bap of sujrar. he "wires to Massey." A lot of the better-class farmers, hy their own apathy, have allowed their unions io got into the hands of old women and cranks; the same applies to the various leagues. At the, last Pukekohe show, I nnd several ol his old friends (not necessarily his supporters) could not pet near him for the informal deputation ]>ost.=. Little grou|>s would form at the booth and rush the Perntier; none could give a coherent account of what they wanted, and a tired secretary took it nil down. At one little tidal village in Franklin every other man you meet claims to have brought Mr. Massey out originally, and nearly every mon in the place thinks his vote keeps Mr. Massey in power. These people ought to remember the Prime Minister is not made of iron, and nt the present time he belongs to the Dominion, not to the electorate of Franklin, aud also recollect what happened to Ballance and Seddon. —I am, etc., EARLY 'SETTLER.