Manawatu Daily Times The Session-Early Prorogation

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6670, 25 July 1928, Page 6

Manawatu Daily Times The Session-Early Prorogation

Ministers themselves and members of their party have their hearts bent upon the session of Parliament closing not later than the first week in October. Mr. Coates and his colleagues realise they have a harder fight before them than they had three years ago, and the rank and file understand they will share their leader’s difficulties. This is not to say that the Reform Party is apprehensive of being ejected from the Treasury Benches this year by the adverse swing of the political pendulum.; It. is inconceivable that any shuffling of the cards could leave it with a minority in the new House. But if its huge majority of fifty odd were cut down to nine or ten it might find itself in an extremely difficult position. So far it has been held together by weight of numbers, rather than by unanimity of thought and sentiment, and never has had to face a united opposition of any magnitude. The test of its resources in this direction still has to come. , ‘ V 1 ’