MR. HOLLAND SPEAKS AT CHRISTCHURCH

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 183, 1 May 1922, Page 9

MR. HOLLAND SPEAKS AT CHRISTCHURCH

TO AUDIENCE OF ABOUT THREE HUNDRED. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATIONChristchurch, April 30. Mr. H. Holland, M.P., leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, addressed a public meeting in . the Christchurch Choral Hall last night. The attendance was about three hundred. Mr. Holland said in Parliament today were two main parties—the Government and the Labour parties. Theie was also what had been the Liberal Partv —about fourteen in all. The Labour Party would support any motion of censure on the Government because it had no confidence in Mr. Massey; but that did not mean it supported the Liberal Party. Mr. Holland predicted that as the election drew nigh Mr. Massey would say there was no need for a cut in wages; but if the Labour Party failed to make any material advance he predicted that one of the greatest offensives against wages New Zealand had known would be launched right after the elections. He also predicted that the coming session would bo one of the most strenuous ever held in New Zealand. The one outstanding feature of the session would be the fact that the real .opposition lay in the Labour Party, and that if the Labour Party were not there there would be no bar whatsoever to the despotic legislation the Massey party generally stood for. No matter how Mr. Wilford might protest, no matter how many Independents- endeavoured to stand between the parties, the real battle next election would be between the Labour

and Massey parties. Votes for other parties than Labour would mean votes for the Massey party. Mr. Holland said ho wished to see all working men, manual and from the North Capo to thp Bluff, linked up in one big industrial organisation, and he would insist that the Post and Telegraph workers be included in that organisation. If Labour throughout New Zealand had the same solidarity as its eight representatives in Parliament had last session they soon would make their, strength felt in tjge political field. It must be recognised that the Labour Party was the only party of the future. Mr. Holland received a hearty vote of thanks and confidence. Mr. Holland’s southern programme also includes speeches at Invercargill, Gore, Kaitangata, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Oamaru, and Timaru. The Wellington meeting ..will be held on May 17. »