Early Days in Parliament.

Richard Seddon was firmly seated in the saddle of Government when Massey became a member, and he remained there for the next twelve years. During all that time the party of which the man from Mangere eventually became leader maintained a persistent criticism of the Government policies. It looked as if the Opposition would be there for life, so impregnable did the citadel of administrative power seem from the trenches of the attackers. But they kept up their fire steadily session after session, opposing a steady front to all the Liberal and experimental legislation brought forward. The story of that long and often very bitter fight page 20 page 21 is well told by Dr. Scholefield in his biography. After his first election for the Waitemata seat, Mr. Massey returned to his own district and was the chosen of Franklin at every election. Captain Russell was for many years the leader of the Opposition.