“LONDON TIMES’" OPINION
“SMALL BUT ACCUMULATING G EIETANCES.' ’ “The Times" describes the position in New Zealand as one nobody foresaw and few intended. ‘ ‘ Mr. Coates ’ loss of popularity, ’ ’ says the paper, “was due to a number of small but accumulating grievances. The United Party is not popular or significant itself, but it does provide, momentarily, a singularly safe way of hitting at the Government without injuring the country." The editorial suggests that Mr. Coates may offer vacant portfolios to the United Party, in the hope of mitigating long standing rancours and assuring long continuance of office, faced only by 20 Labourites, or retire, but the reluctance of elected members to risk a new election may prove a powerful force.
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Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 19 November 1928, Page 2
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119“LONDON TIMES’" OPINION Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 19 November 1928, Page 2
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