NEW ZEALAND POLITICS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 22 May 1915, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND POLITICS.

] —♦_- — . , STATE OF. PARTIES DISCUSSED.

TALK OF COALITION

During the course of a sjpeech ftjade at a laucaeou -ax toe JKetotua Uiubon Jbritlay, Mr O. J". Btirr, MJ?, a saw that tun yoiHical position, xo-day was-that fcue tJotferiumsat he.d 40 cer^ai^ seats and Ine Oppoaitiod 38. Them-W&i*e tvvo seats tor which elections would be held next montn, thus accounting for •a, full total of 80 seats. It was true that the Opp<>sition claimed Tau Henare's . vote as doubtful.

"I am," said Mr Parr, "in a position in say that the wish is father to the chought. I know for a fact that Tau He^re is a loyal supporter Of Mr Masse^ 7 . ,'■'■ -■-■■ "■:■'• ■- . . /;: ;': continuing, Mr Parr said that the main thing, .however, was to hayo & stable and efficient Government, particularly while the war was on. He thought the Reform party ought to make a 'determined effort to win the seats that were vacant, thus giving Mr Massey a ir. ajority of four. The Government could carry on for three years without being under obligations %o anyone. No stone should be left unturned -to win these vacant seats. If i -the number became even a coalition I-must of necessity ,be bronpht; about. i There was rio politician in this country who would dare to precipitate another peneral ejection wH'e the wnr 'vis on. The country had had enough of elections for some time to come, and would, he believed, deal severely with the party leader who called for another bit r -ter fight. ■'. .."■ , ■■.'■' . : Proaeedinef, Mr P<ir> saH thr* if Mr Massey publicly asked Sir Joseph WarcL and, say, two of his strongest men, to ftl! important positions in a national Ministry, he thousrM that the voice-of the country would he s+rp^igly heard in* favor of such an arrangement. A big job to-day was to organise our defences, our contingents, our transports'and bur fiance to me»t tb<v unnaralle'ed strain. Tliis task railed fm* the^best business and oreran;«inpr brains of the Dominion. Mr A M. Myers, interviewed, also exoressed strong purport of the coalitkr» prnnosa', and his abhorrence of pnr.^v bickering a+- a +in»e when the v/bc^e energies of the Do*r>n»Hr* s^o- 1-1 b^ concentrated on a great Imperial ■purpose. .