TRANSFORMATION?
further utterances of Mr. H.- E. Hoi' land, Leader of the Labour Party, witl. respect to Empire matters were recaller in the House of Representatives -las'' night. The subject arose when Mr. Hoi." land suggested that when th e Reform Party was being attacked Mr. Massex always thought that- the..Empire was being attacked. Mr. Massey: " I would be glad to heai you declare yourself in favour of thi Empire." Mr. Holland: ." Labour does not seei to burst up the Empire, as stKne people so foolishly make it appear.- The Lab our Party seeks to transform Empire ink Commonwealth. Y^e want to keep the people united; we want to make 'ecori omic changes and political changes. W> don't want to achieve'bursting up.-buV transformation." ■ • ■ : _Mr. Massey: " TJiat is a..transformat lion from what you said_ three yean Mr. Holland: "The Prime Ministei lias no reason for that statement. ' I sait the same thing in 1918. when the Prime Minister's party was trying so hard U defeat me." " ': ',' (< Mr. L. M. Isitt (Chnstchurch'.Nor.th) ,•„ Why did yac suy that the Irish troubl< would be the first step in the break-ar oi the British Empire ?" Mr. Holland: "I a m not going "io' aiJow the honourable member for Christ church North to disturb my speech • _ ■ . No doubt he will get his political reward from the people, jji not from the Government."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230621.2.76.2
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 146, 21 June 1923, Page 7
Word Count
226TRANSFORMATION? Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 146, 21 June 1923, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in