THE PURCHASER'S VIEWS.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13648, 13 February 1913, Page 4

THE PURCHASER'S VIEWS.

MR. BRIGHTON ON GOVERNMENTS

ONE AS BAD AS THE OTHER.

invercargiil, Feb. 12. Mr. Gavhvßrighton, whose name has been somewhat freely used in connection with the much discussed Southland leases, oalled at the "Southland Times"' office and complained that certain newspapers had used his name in away that w>as not warranted.

"I have no politics," said Mr. Brighton."! have never yet voted at a political election, and I don't intend to." Mr.' Brighton appeared to tak& the view that one government was'a« bad as another, but he went on to eayi ho had no .sympathy with the attempt -made to manufacture Parliamentary^ capital out of hie lease. "I am certainly against Mr. Massey in this business, ' said Mr. Brighton, "because he has parted with th© property of the peoplo.: I intend to get my titles, but I do not intend to profit by them. I shall use them in accordance with my principles.! As a Socialist I contend that Mr. MaSsey has made agreat blunder but thosewho are attacking him fail to point otit one aspect of the matter. My leases cover about half a square mile,, and that is all that Mr. Massey has parted vvithj Other governments with which Mr Mas■■soy had nothing to do have sold eigihtji square^ miles of land in my district, and 'all of it is cbal: bearing'; some of it with) a seam twice the- thickness of that in my, land, and the bargain was just as bad from the State's point of view. I am against this entirely. lam against Mr. Massey for these reasons, but what * he v had is as nothing compared to whsU has been done by others."