OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 7

OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN.

MR, MASSET'S COMING TOUR. "WIDE FIELD OF . CRITICISM." [BT TELEGRAni.— ASSOCIATION.] -'■.*. v Wellington, Tuesday. The Leader of the Opposition, : Mr. W. F. Massey, M.P., who is now in Wellington, intends to deliver a number of public addresses shortly after Easter, in different parts of the Dominion, including Wellington. "I had been hoping," said Mr. Massey to- a Post reporter to-day, "that some member of the Government would follow the usual custom and' deliver a policy speech, but whether this is done or not, I intend to address the public as soon after the Easter holidays "as arrangements can be made." ' Mr. Massey added that his addresses would range over a wide field of criticism, of the policy and administration of the present Government, "and," he added, with a smile, "there are very many things that require criticism." ' - - In alluding to the question of internal "defence, tho Leader of the Opposition repeated that he was opposed at present to increasing the age for compulsory training beyond 21. Any proposal to make the age 25, or 26, as had been suggested by 'Lord Kitchener, would be sure, he .thought, to cause a revulsion of feeling, and might, endanger the retention of the advance that had been made. Ho thought tho present law in respect to the age (21 years) should be given a fair trial. '