POLITICAL FUSION.

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 320, 22 July 1925, Page 7

POLITICAL FUSION.

CONFIDENCE JN MU AVJLFORD LNDOUSED IN MFCTORATE. - (Par Pres* Association.) Wellingt mi, July 21 Mr M ilford and several members of his party addressed a meeting at the liutt last night, when the following resolutions were agreed to: - ,- That this meeting of the Hutt branch ol the Liberal and Labour Federation wishes to record its entire approval of the decision ol the mcibbers this party in Parliament to create a now party, to he known as -the National Party, with national aims and policy. That this meeting of the Hutt branch regrets that the Prime A 1 mister should have refused the generous and unselfish oiler ol the Liberal-La-bour Party to form with his party ifi the formation of a National Party, so" that a strong and stable (Government could be lormed.

LIGHTNING CHANGES

THE; MILFORDIAN TLFTORT

“Tlie Prime Minister,” said Mr Wilford, in an iut'rview, ‘was on very dangerous ground at- Palmerston last night when be spoke ol ‘lightning change artists.’ We do not forget In’s lightning change in 1912, when early in that year lie voted' confidence in the' Liberals against Uelorm, and a> lew mouths later made a lightning change and voted confidence in Lefori.it' against the Liberals. Anil the public will always remember bis lightning changes and side-stepping in the fii- ion negotiations. , He stated in.

those negotiations that his,-party, was in favour of fusion, but whim .1. said it should take place immediately, ho made a lightning change, and said lie must carry’out Mr Massey’s proattitude in a moment and stated that consider a date. Again, when 1 pointed out to him that lie bad all lus Ministers’ resignations in his pocket for reconstruction, he changed his attiude in a moment, and stated that reconstruction was nob practicable, though how you could have iusiou without reconstruction was a nnstery t„ me. Finally, when 1 told him wo Liberals would leave the question of portfolios on reconstruction entirely to him, he made a lightning change, wild declined absolutely to reconstruct. Surely it is dangerous for Um thin. Air Coates to talk of lightning change artists. He has ccJ tainly been as plasticene in the bands of a lew of Jiis party.”