CHARGES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
MR. MASSEY ACCEPTS THE PREMIER’S CHALLENGE. [Press Association.] AUCKLAND, March 5. Mr. Massey intimated to a “Herald” reporter to-day that he would accept Sir Joseph Ward’s challenge to prove his (Mr. Massey’s) recent charges against the Government methods. The charges principally referred to are:. (1) That suggestions had been made at the elections to the effect that certain districts would be more likely to he benefited by public expenditure if those districts were represented by Government supporters rather 'than Oppositionists; (2) that systematic attempts were made at the elections by members of the party of which Sir Joseph Ward is leader to libel and misrepresent Opposition candidates and Opposition members of the last and preceding Parliaments.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2443, 6 March 1909, Page 5
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120CHARGES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2443, 6 March 1909, Page 5
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