LABOUR’S LEADER

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1925, Page 5

LABOUR’S LEADER

CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. Holland s Stirring Speech (Special to ‘‘Argus.”) WFSTPoin; Aj.ii! 23. 'IM-night. ui lurgclv attended >*> Mi 11. I-.. Holland was welcomed home by ihe \\'e>t]>oi; Labmirih'.-. Mr I rank () Goriimn ]ircsi<|ing. L” icjdyiiig. Mr Holland ma ie reference to his recent lour. Ir:icin' r hi> Jra veilings ihrouijli ilq l\\ t) L!ai ds. 1 i'"m the West ('mis' to the Far North and down to ihe Extr.v'm Smith. Mr Holland said ili-it h ( - >aw ■ \ erv- ' where- the keenest 'iitcrest iu Ih” L.i_ • Lour ]’arty and its prog.-amme. im! he ventured to S( -iy that the F.-irty’s So. •inliGt philosophy wntj now Lctt'cr tin derstood than before. : ,<t was 1 lieret'm.- bettei appri'ciated. ■ Holland predicted an immense Lalto'.;r ad'.‘ ii<c thr«.ii”b-mi Hie jJomi;,I WF: ;T LAND’S 11 A b’D W( )K KIN G. MF.MBEK. I lii-l'.'rriiig till' Wot 1',,:;..' cl,-;-, im-.'-to. In. ||,,,; n„. ..pi,,:,,,, ~|- j 1 iiosc who were best in a position to ■ know, was t hnt M r ‘) ’Brien had pr-.\. I lii'ii'-elf Ih< Ih--; |. ,-.-| M.-rnbi t hat | W ‘‘ si l:i " t| ,1; ‘d e\a | Ti,-,! w:i . I addition to that. Mr <) Brien's lovaltv i" the Labour Movement was tKinssail bi-', ami lie pie-lb-- • ’- :i | j | ;1 Would, be found plumpiii” r..i h’. a against ali comers. Th,. dmiuH-r:; iir spirit was a live Victor from Grew | mouth, southward, as ii was fi'.-m th” Grey Fiver to tho Al<»kihinui. s l( fai n tin* Buller was '-oncemed, ii** dotib' desperate efforts would be made io sc cure :m anti-Labour 0.-.adidat:, but sm-h .1 (‘a idiadt are would ,- .0l be uudm tr.ken with any serious idea < f wresting thBuller seat from Lnbonr—that would iie ir, impossibility—but it would be merely for the ]»urpose of holding him (Mr Holland) in th” electorate. In such a case, Labour would, inlliet another crushing defeat upon its oppon -Mi- Holland predi *”<l that momy would be made to flow like water to pi'cvo'it Lribour from eomiiig back \’i<„ torious I ron: Ihe poll.-.. Fix <ry effort would he made, and every means would be eaiployed t • create disunity in La. i'oui’s ranks; but hwas emitidcnt ihai such efforts would '‘le.ct with failure a’ld that, in every part of th,. Dornin ;oii th<' Labmii' Movement wmiid present :i united frmu to a united foe, iu w hir’; . a- -. L-iboiir must win. f< r. aftc'' nd, mily disunity cmih! withhold vie t ory.