TOO FAST AND TOO SLOW

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13742, 25 May 1910, Page 7

TOO FAST AND TOO SLOW

Mr Mnssey dealt with all Crown lands and native land questions on the lines of previous speeches. He also referred to instances in which certain newspapers opposing the Government had been punished by being deprived of Government advertisements. A motion affirming that the expenditure on Government advertising should be distributed for tho public benefit, and not for party purposes, had been defeated last year by the Government majority. This "was the greatest piece of Tammanyism that he had ever heard of in any British country. In conclusion he said that the debt and taxation of the Dominion had been increased to a greater extent during the

present Governments, period oi Ouice than during any similar period previously, and the number of peopie who had left tho country had also been greater than during any other similar perifrd. Tho people knew that they were leaving a good country, but tney left because there was a bad <fvernment. The present Government was too fast in regard te improper practices and extravagant expenditure, *>utn was too slow in regard to everything that pertained to the country* weltare. He believed that when the Government went nest before the electors, they would be told that they had been weighed in the balance and found -wanting, and that they must give way to better men. (Loud applause). \fter Mr Massey had answered a number of questions he was accorded a hearty and enthusiastic vote of thanKS for his able and interesting address. Mr Massey was subsequently entertained at n smoko social at the Thames Club.