Mr Massey, M.H.R., in Canterbury.

Southland Times, Issue 19727, 30 January 1906, Page 3

Mr Massey, M.H.R., in Canterbury.

WHY THE SEDOON PARTY CANNOT BE BEATEN. Per United Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Janl. 3«. Mr W* l’\ Massey, the leader of the Opposition, speaking nt the banquet to Mr R. Mooro, the Opposition candidate for Kninpui, referring to the result of the elections, said that coiumui kcatious he hud received from defeated candidates enabled him to understand the cauais of the Government victory. The Opposition had been defeated because the Government could bring influences to bear on the electors such ns the Opposition could not possibly exercise. <Ho asserted that patronage had been liberally bestowed and public money used for party purposes. Ho wondered how long the colony could go o.i borrowing two and aliulf millions a year iat tour per cent. Every man ought to make a study of the finance of the country. Ho reminded his hearers that 150,000 electors had voted a-ainst the Government and said the Opposition, though a very small party, would go on fighting and meant to hold the fort.