THE SUGGESTED COALITION

Evening Star, Issue 12964, 29 May 1908, Page 4

THE SUGGESTED COALITION

[Special to the Stab.] AUCKLAND, May 29. In his address 'at Grey Lynn, referring to the occasional rumors regarding the possibility of a coalition between the Government and Opposition, the Hon. <J. Fowlds said: " All these rumors come from Opposition sources. The wish is probably father to the thought. They see the hopelessness of ever getting within reach of the Treasury benches, and I daresay they would go a long way towards coalescing with the Government if they thought it ■would give them a chance of getting on to those benches. There is no probability at all of a movement in that direction. There is no need for a coalition." This continued talk about a coalition, he said, had another object behind it. There was an effort to impress upon what might be called the Labor section of the Liberal party that the Government were more in sympathy with the Opposition than with the claims of Labor. The idea was to introduce dissension into the ranks of the Liberal party. There was still, he was clad to 6ay, a wide difference between the Government and the Opposition party. This difference, which was likely to continue, was the difference between those who fought for equal rights and all those who fought for Privilege.