LABOUR IN PARLIAMENT.
THE COMING ELECTION. [BT TELEGRAPH —TTtESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUHCH. Sunday. Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P., Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, addressed a public meeting in the Christchurch Choral Hall last nitrht. There was an attendance of about 300. He said in Parliament today there were two main parties— the Government and Labour Parties. There were also what had been the Liberal Party, about 14 in all. The Labour Party would support any motion of censure on the Government because it had no confidence in Mr. Massey, but that did i»ot mean it supported the Liberal Party. Mr. Holland predicted that as the election drew nigh Mr. Massey would say there was no need for a cut tin wages, out if the Labour Party failed to make any material advance ho predicted that one of tho greatest offensives against wages Now Zeahnd had known would be launched right afttsr the election. He predicted that the coming session would bo one o£ the most strenuous ever held in New Zealand. JCo matter how Mr. Wilford might protest, no matter how many independents ontk.tvoured to stand, the real battle at tho ncut election would ba between Labour and Mi*. Massey** parte* ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18078, 1 May 1922, Page 6
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