POLITICAL RAIL-SITTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 October 1922, Page 4

POLITICAL RAIL-SITTING.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Those who attended Mr. Corrigan's meeting on Friday night must . have been disappointed at his refusal to give a straight answer to the query regarding his views on the question of prohibition. To say that the question was personal ,and therefore impertinent i is hardly sufficient, for in my opinion J the question was very pertinent, and for this reason: In 1919 Mr. Corrigan was actively associated with the movement to secure prohibition in this country, and was ..prepared to recommend it as a good ih'ing for the nation. Now, the merits of the prohibition issue have not changed. If it was worth reconw" mending, in 1919 it must be worth recommending now. Surely then there was nothing to prevent Mr. Corrigan stating that he was personally in favour of prohibition. For if he is not one of two things must be true—either (1) Mr. Corrigan must have been ''hypnoj tised" into supporting prohibition in 1919 or (2) he must have since been "hypnotised" into his support. Knowing, as we all do, that Mr. Corrigan scorns the idea that he should be the victim of "hypnotism," we can only conclude that Mr. Corrigan is still i prepared to recommend prohibition tothe- country and cannot understand his faflirre to do so.—l am, etc. - xxx