MR MASSEY’S MANTLE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 286, 6 November 1925, Page 7

MR MASSEY’S MANTLE

FALLS ON MR COATES. VICTORY FOR, LAW AND ORDER. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received November 6, 11.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 6. The Telegraph says of the sweeping victory of the Coates Government in New Zealand: “It is on Mr Coates that Mr Massey’s mantle has fallen. It is a victory for the forces of law and order against those forces which of late have attempted to disrupt the industrial life of the Dominion. The Labour Party seems unable to make much headway in New Zealand. In this respect the Dominion resembles Victoria, the most Conservative of the Australian States. Its people have been described ns more British than those of Britain herself. Certainly there is no part of the British Empire more loyal to British traditions and institutions and, consequently, more opposed to the “Red” teachings of Moscow. Mr Coates has been given an unmistakable mandate to carry on constitutional government.”—Press Association. PERSONAL TIRIUMPH. NEW ZEALAND PRODUCES THE MAN. LONDON, Nov. 5. The Morning Post, in a leader entitled “New Zealand’s Voice,” says: “The world is much occupied with elections at the present time, New Zealand following Canada and Australia following New Zealand. The Australians may well hope that the verdict of their Dominion will be as decisive as that in New Zealand, where a strong, stable Government is assured. Mr Coates, successor to Mr Massey, of honoured memory, has won a victory surpassing even his own supporters’ expectations. He has a majority over all parties. As in other countries, the Liberal Party seems discredited. In the clash between Socialist and 11011-Socialist, there is no room for Liberalism—it only gets in the way. In a Parliamentary sense Labour ceases, to bo formidable.' The New Zealand electors have shown what they think of Labour’s pretensions in the shipping strike. The election is a personal triumph for Mr Coates, who has the opportunity to become as great an influence as Mr Seddon and Mr Massey were in their generations. New Zealand is to be congratulated upon her capacity to produce the man when the hour strikes. Mr Coates has proclaimed his intention to follow the policy of Mr Massey, which may be epitomised in the phrase ‘New Zealand is with the Mother Country to a mail.’ ” —A. and N.Z. cable.