POLITICAL REFORM LEAGUE
LOYALTY TO MR. MASSEY. READY FOR AN ELECTION. A i.,«iGKi.Y attended meeting of the Auckland branch of the Political: -Reform League was held yesterday, when the following resolution was unanimously " and j enthusiastically carried :— | -"That/ in view of statements recently j published in certain papers supporting the.j Government, this meeting expresses its I most A- cordial . loyalty to Mr.. W. F. | .; Massey, M.P. and its utmost' confidence'•; iii, him as leader -of- the party;• that) as I far as this '■" executive is aware the only suggestion of . any. change • in • the leadership emanates from Mr. Massey's political opponents, who fear his strength, , who recognise that his statesmanlike attributes, political integrity, and personal popularity, will, carry . him .to that victory, temporarily delayed by the breaking, ofpledges given by; Messrs. Robertson and , 'Payne." ,-■"." ' ,'■ .'...,• "'., .. '; ■. ■■ j
■It was also decided to issue the following statement:—"The .Political Reform party was never 'more.- united ; than it is to-day. 'If is thoroughly loyal ■ to its great leader, Mr. W. F. Massey, and re-, gards him; as pre-eminently fitted for, and deserving : of, the highest honour in the power of the 'peopjo of Now Zealand .to bestow. ..'.'•-,- • - ; '."'"* v ' : ,r " Should a -dissolution become necessary the party will welcome it in. the. confident knowledge that the electors of the Dominion have awakened "to a realisation of their true interests, and that- they will rami tho party's candidates, with Mr. Massey at their head, by, overwhelming majorities."-..■:;-:,;; ■/-.,.../,. , ,:..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 8
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