THE PRIME MINISTER

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 181, 2 May 1925, Page 6

THE PRIME MINISTER

GRAVE ANXIETY FELT ■ The following official bulletin was issued at 11.30 a.m. yesterday:— The Prime Minister’s condition continues tqgive cause for grave anxiety. Late last night, there was practically'no change from the Prime Minister’s condition iu the forenoon. The Prime Minister of Canada,. the Right Hon. W. Mackenzie King, has cabled as follows to Mr. Massey :— “Regret exceedingly to learn of your iliiibss. Colleagues join me in wishing you speedy and tomplete restoration to health. Kindest personal regards. (Sgd.) Mackenzie King.”

/“A GREAT IMPERIALIST” PREMIER AND COUNTRY’S welfare. By TiiLEGßAr.il.— Press AssociationInvercargill, May 1. Replying to expressions of sympathy, the Hon. J. G. Coates stated this afternoon that Mr. Massey’s condition was far from satisfactory, and that the Prime Minister was much weaker. Mr. Massey had a broad mind and a big heart, and put New Zealand first all the time. He appreciated their references to the Prime Minister as “Thrice a Britisher and a great Imperialist,” and would convey to Mrs. Massey their expressions of sympathy. The “New Zealand Herald,” commenting on the announcement of the surplus, says: “That the present statement of a further achievement of his administration does not come from Mr. Massey himself gives tragic emphasis to the knowledge that in serving the country Mr. Massey has not spared himself.” At the annual meeting of the Carterton Municipal Silver Band a vote of sympathy was passed with the Hon. Mr. Massey and his relatives in the former’s severe illness. Reference to the Prime Minister’s illness w.as made bv Mr. A. W. Rodger at the opening of the Southland Electric Power Board station at Monowai. He said that the sympathy of all was with Mr. Massey during this critical period.