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Evening Star, Issue 18020, 14 July 1922, Page 3

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ANOTHER POLITICAL INVITATION

[From Our Parliamentary Reporter.]

WELLINGTON. July 15.

Recalling Hie recent by-election in Dunedin. Air Massey asserted to-night that the Liberal P.irty was no longer his Opposition, but the party Reform had to fight was the party on tho Labor benches. Air Veitch; That is a very wrong thing for the Prime Minister to say.

■Mr Massey: “It is my duty to call the attention of the people to what is going on.” The speaker was considerably heckled on making this statement, and was asked who he had fought at Patea and Bruce. He went on to say that in six by-elections during this Parliament Reform had won four seats. He added that every vote oast at the next election for a Liberal was a vote cast for the Labor benches. Liberals : What rot!

“What was going to liappon?” asked Mr Massey. In explaining this question, he said there were men on the benches opposite him of good fibre, and he would give them an invitation now which they would bo glad to accept later on. The Labor Party heartily applauded the Prime Minister at this juncture, and Mr Atmore interjected: “Hark at your professional chorus.” Mr Massey then continued’ that he would give that section of the Opposition an invitation to come over and help him and his party. To the others he would say: “There is a place for you,” indicating the Labor benches.