THE COUNTRY PARTY.

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1681, 3 November 1925, Page 4

THE COUNTRY PARTY.

Much has been said and written about the intercession of the Country Party in Dominion politics, 'but perhaps the most scathing we have read in a country paper is the following from the Franklin Times, Pukekohe: —

No one can accuse the members of the "Country Party" of being thin-skinned, whatever other attributes they may possess. In spite of 'the reiterated refusals of the New Zealand Farmers' Union to sp'.it votes by entering into the political arena as a separate party, the members of the Auckland executive, suffering from a swollen sense of vanity, have forced themselves upon unwilling constituencies. Arrogating to themselves the title of "Country Party," although there is no section of the community to whom their invasion is more than the country people, they have butted into half a dozen electorates. legaraless of the risk of handing die Seats"; to the Socialists and Coriuiu:"'sts. Mr Duxfield, one of their number, naively confessed at Waiuku that they had no ability, and were only candidates because men could not be induced to carry their banner. Each of them has been asked by resolution, often unanimous, to retire, but not one of them will do so. Next Wednesday's poll will show them exactly where they stand in the public esteem, but in the meantime irretrievable harm may have been done in one or two electorates. If the position were not so serious it would provoke the mirth of the gods and men.