STATEMENT BY MR. MASSEY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17632, 8 December 1922, Page 10

STATEMENT BY MR. MASSEY.

mi WCERTjh RECONSTTRUCTION OF PAMtm i necessary. <*■» ASaOCIATIOs Wellington, > Mr, Mas soy stated tcHughf!. : It is impossible for me'to the result* of the election satisfactory either, to the n ' •or- to the Government.Party'ss voting m gev« ra i electorate, k, J very dose, and we what the final results win **' some instances the ma ; 0 riti M I. -' under fifty ' whUe or 400 absent voters permits J^| J* f* ms V that the multsrf! the election show the necowit, L < reconstruction of parties. Th 9t |L pnrty system cannot possibUT ; satisfactory, m any casvandit! simply folly for the Liberals and a! Reformers to go on <£, other when, so far as po% corned, there is little or nothing tweon them. •• Tr*I cannot predict what may ht m when tho House meete, Thefteil the near future or in June next, w I can say is that those* who In# worked with, me in the past aft j ,v. havo had the good fortune to fey turned, will continue to do duty under any may afiao, Thero are also members who are supposed to b&< to 1 the Liberal camp tHioWjhfo; to' oppose any combiiiation of and Socialistio Labour, but t say whether the business of I'uujj meat can bo satisfactorily carried under such conditions. '";fl It may be neoessary again to d® peal to the country, but there tl many forms and' ceremonies to « gone tlirough before that cm *.< M place, In the meantime no ttgjfl pationtly wait and sea uTiat tbjJjM figures ajo, '■ ■Needless to Bay, I rogret tbt&fl appearance from the new Parlus#|B of the Spsnkor ■ and Ohairmu j ■ Committees and'others who in'M donq aplcwlid work for the Doalibifl during the last few. years. ■ THE STATE OF PARTE J ■'t| 14 w If tho official recounts and iltirS voters' permits do not distar6<l» fs-l® terim totals, the state of petieriiO i Reform " ® *, ' ■ Liberals ... ... i® ■ labour •» M M Indopondeit ' ••• In soma ensas the yotinß is »close WB ohange» are possible. In Oainara | : H margin between Mr Loe and IB Macpherson ii very small. ft<H margins in Awania and In KilijiH aro albo very slender, and . the rafoM may bo regarded as In doubt, JH ■lf no altorationa-are to be rewwM Labour will harro gained 8 Boati,«fiM fclio Liberal Party 2, while the &<««■ Party will have lost 0 sfcata, H On a n<w!onildencie motion Mr is assured of a baro majority exposition, even if no othor iAsjjg. in«mb«r than Mr Isitt supports SißiW| MR HOLLAND'S COMMENt W (paai ASSOCIATION TttSOßiH') H Speaking after some of the ware known, Mr a E. HoUsMjB marked that Labour had lost tho seats held in the last and had made Immense gaina m Pip strength. AU the Auckland bE Lyttelton were won last tu» ® nority votes. This time each*"*! on a substantial majority, waa especiaLy. grafctM mtii in N apoer. Auckland 1M East, and Westknd. •« »«■ speaking, he was awaiting . jW|jj tional victories. Labour ,*; great advance, aad in the Boouring the ■PJ»Jk»> hmciMi position, would hold the power botwoen tlw other whioh fact would result in spewMj Jgh. thTaatW^our