POLITICAL REFORM LEAGUE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3145, 24 June 1914, Page 37

POLITICAL REFORM LEAGUE.

CONFERENCE IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, June 19. The sixth annual conference of delegates representing the various branches of tho Political Reform League in Auckland province was held to-day. . The following motion was carried — That this meeting of Auckland delegates and supporters of the New Zealand Political Reform League desires to record its appreciation and approval of the conspicuously able and statesmanlike manner in which the affairs of tho dominion have been administered since the advent of the Reform Government, and, recognising its splendid record of steadfast adherence to principles and pledges, and of the wise and beneficent legislation enacted during its term of office, desires to express its unbounded confidence in the Government and the administration of its canaille, honourable, and courageous leader, tho Right Hon. V/. F. Massey.” At this stage tho Prime Minister entered! the hall, and received an ovation, the delegates standing and cheering the Leader of the Government. Mr Massey, in the course of a comprehensive address, said he was delighted to see such a largo gathering of supporters from all parts of the Auckland provincial district. The attendance exceeded that at any previous conference, and it was pleasing to note that right through the length and breadth of tho dominion the work of the organisation- was being taken up with enthusiasm. Mr Massey referred to tho serious loss which had been sustained by the Reform Party, as well as the community as a whole, by the death of Mr Bloomfield, and he proposed a resolution of sympathy with the relatives of the deceased gentleman. He mentioned that Mr Bloomfield was a lifelong friend of his; in fact, they worked 1 together in political matters long before ho (the Prime Minister) wont to Parliament. Their chairman (Mr Matthew Clark), Mr Graves Aickin, Mr Bloomfield, and others bad boon associated in politics in their early years, and the first of this early band to pass away, ho regretted to say, had been Mr Bloomfiqld.