MR MASSEY’S STATEMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1704, 18 December 1919, Page 6

MR MASSEY’S STATEMENT.

GOVERNMENT POLICY APPROVED, v. j ... —-— -• -- e- ■ nr PEOPLE WANT LOYALTY TO J EMPIRE.. ad Per Press Association. r‘; WELLINGTON, Dec. 18. R , Mr Massey, in a statement on the results' / )f the elections, said: “Jt is naturally very ; {ratifying to me, because tho Government was on its trial, and the verdict of the ~ -lectors means that the great majority of die people of this country approve ( of the; policy and administration ol the Government, anil that it is worthy of being on- || trusted with the management of the pub- £] lie affairs of the Dominion iluring the ( . e next three years. E’ ‘‘l need hardly say .that there are very R important matters which «ill have to be dealt with in tho period of reconstruction upon wide!) wo have entered, and on that account I trust we shall bo able to keep party feeling ami parly interests in tho at luicliground. It is very satisfactory to realise that the electors have given. New Zealand n Parliament, a great majority ot whoso members will support a stable and ■« progressive Government, and stand solidly [ for loyalty to the Empire' with law and order within the Dominion. _ “As Prime Min,istei' 1 believe that 1 . understand llie requirements of the country, especially under the existing circumstances, and I can assure, my fellow citizens that ■nothing will bo left; undone by my col- - j leagues and myself to place the prosperity of New Zealand upon a permanent basis.” Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL. Dec. 18. Mr Hamilton’s majority in Wallace is 36, with 180- absent votes to count. , ' ' At present Masters (Lib.-Labour) nas a majority of 63 over Hon. J. B. Mine. A 1 Press Association telegram from.'.Stratford t says that 162 absent voters’ permits arc yet ] to come, the larger proportion of which arc ( expected to favour Masters. ■ ,