PREMIER’S COMMENT.
CLAIMS BY LABOUR. ■/t>„ Telegraph —Special to Standard.' (By J elegr^P FJ;LI , NG TON.' Nov.'2l. “The inability qf the sections' ot the ment is on the .right track,” declared
the Prime Minister (Rt. “Hon: ;M.; J. Savage) in the?,6tat:emen^4in,, .-Christchurch", by Mr;H.;S. S. Kyle on the Opposition leadership. ; ? - “It-is evidence,” continued’,, Mr Savage “that; we 'havp' ; tffe confidence of the’ ■ majority'Of Ahe dffithis country; otherwise there' wduld soon by an Oppositicrtiv 'nbtw'i{,listalfdiiig r' !> the. leaders* qinirtels. ■ ’.‘"Lithif/k'it has been generally understood that, ill the'matter of the old Reform Rarty, it Flashed through tlie weight of';its;-o\\;n; deficiencies, and came to . a rUther : ; unhappy ending wfieri it - sought ;Uie>assistance' of. its - ..lifelong -political opponents in order, to; withstandytfie; rising .tide, pi Labour, which < threatened them. * both' v Now,' of- course,- they .are looking . for new auxiliaries, ,a’r(djtryMg 4 ;|o make it appear; that .the ,party i; -nQW;;Jli:.the making is something. new*“■ AS' : a:matter, of fact, it is the • same’ -pld '.lpdividuajs with new- ’uniforms,; wear, them ior.long. • ; " .- “What everybcjdy;..feltgOike-thc'posi-tion was; placed terdiiy’s: statement they ernment Whip. Everyone jfcffp . had. an inside' knowledge' of events knew there .was no lo.veypdtween the various factions whichnlaW'hjp'the.Up? position. It seems, deaf; thjjt the, old Conservative -' fMW come R ° fit on top so far as colitrohhig^the'.Opposition is' concerned.- ' -Ad fact, we have always clfillhfdjdnht,there .'i s !,fit, difference of them,‘and' 'it only deyllte^heffTthe leadership is in platform, efforts of of .-the ,Opposition),. clear .tfcat they -ape and the latest effort of; CmbneL/Tlargest,.,who confined, b#rsonal attacks and a a - ready answered, is typfcifii. > ,Th 6 Government . will find means /of./publicity, 'and the people will be made fully aware of what \Ve have done/ what/we .fiave failed to do, .also of . the Opposition,” isaid'Mr Savage. v .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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289PREMIER’S COMMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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