"DARN'S" DUPLICITY,

NZ Truth, Issue 416, 14 June 1913, Page 7

"DARN'S" DUPLICITY,

Scope for Social Reform. Among His Constituents. The "turn -me - round - twice, see-where-I-ani'' Minister of Marine, the Hon. F. M. B. 'Fi&her, "has already started yote-lVunoing m "Wellington Central. Nothing like being m early v ir you have any fear of the result of the game. Last week he addressed the assembled multitude a,t the laying of the foundation stone of the Training College for "Hallelujah" officers m Aro-street. . Among other things,' lie said .:— VNo better site could have been chosen, for the col-' lege would be N m the midst of a crowded electorate, where the officers of the Army would have plenty of SCOPE FOR SOCIAL lIEFOKir," and, sotto-voce, be able to cadge for votes for the brilliant genius, of inconsistency. .' who^ was speaking. Theu he added : "The day;nxight not be far distant .'wlien the Q-overnment might find it economically sound to hand over the U'ust of its charitable institutions to the ' Salvation Army." , Here he showed the "cloven hoof," and revealeS iii all its ' unlovely nakedness the shall owness of the' Reform Party's pretence to purity of administration. Here was a bribe— BLUNT AND BRUTAL, Only one tiling more is required. Let our Roman Catholic friends hurry up with, their 1 new Cathedral. If they can get their, foundation stone laid during the lifetime of the Reactionary Ministry, they can make sure of a. Bill granting them their long-wjshecl-for subsidy to their denominational schools. .