A LITTLE SIEGE GUN.

Observer, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, 28 November 1914, Page 2

A LITTLE SIEGE GUN.

And Its Ammunition 't

THE Germans are bringing up 80 large, new, bright and beautiful guns from Essen to throw ammunition at the Allies, The New Zealand Tories have only one gun. It is a little worn at the breach and the rifling is rusty and the result of the explosion is singularly small. There is no doubt at all about the alliance of the French, Russian and British armies and Mr Massey declares that there is ho doubt'about , the alliance of the New Zealand Liberals and the New Zealand "Red Fed's.' This is the ammunition that is to destroy the Liberal citadel. The "Reform" pretence unhappily declares not that Liberals might Lib-

The Reform plan of settlement is to cut up the land furthest from railways or arterial roads and where its use by the small man will interfere least with th© pocket ot _ the large holder. It will be claimed that the extraordinary expenditure of the present is due to the war, as of course, it may be, but the Government which declared that the Liberal administration was extravagant riiendled the position by at once exceeding the wildest loans of past administrations. Taxation has greatly increased and despite the alleged work of Commissions the cost of living; which Mr Massey was going- to >■ bring down like a winged' pigeon, is still soaring like an aeroplane.- Perhaps the- people with the votes think about these things. If they believe that they can b© altered for the bet- < ter at the ballot box they may try. t