POLITICAL ITEMS.
THE RIVAL LEADERS.' A CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. I'-ar Press. Association. AUCKLAND, March o. Mr. Masscy intimated to a reporter to-day that he .would accept Sir Joseph. Ward's challenge .to prove Ins (Mr Massey's) recent charges against* the Government, methods. eharges principally referred to are —That stiggpbtions -iiiul been , made at the clcctions to the effect..that certain^ districts would be more likely to be benefited by public expenditure it those. districts were represented by Government supporters rather , than , Oppositionists, that, systematic attempts were made at the elections by members of the party, of which Sir Joseph Ward is leader, to libel and misrepresent the Opposition candidates and ■ Opposition members of the liist arid preceding "Parliaments.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13846, 6 March 1909, Page 5
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