A BOOMERANG COMING.
The readiness of Opposition members to quote the speeches of bygone years of Ministers and • members sitting on the Treasury benches was commented on by, the Minister of Native Affairs (Sir Apirana ftgata) in the House of Representatives last night. He suggested that some day the boot might be on the other-foot. The day might come, said Sir Apiraiia Ngata, replying to Labour references to actions and utterances by Minister of Railways'before, h- assumed Cabinet rank—the day might come, and he hoped it would bo a long while Mr. J. A. Nash (Reform, Palmerston): "It will be." -when other- Opposition members might be quoting some of tho gentlemen now sitting on tho cross benches who had been expressing themselves very freely during the past two years. "It only shows," said Sir Apirana, "that one is not so guarded when in Opposition as one is led to be when one is on the Treasury benches.; Thatis why one does not take'so much notice of those in: Opposition."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 12
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169A BOOMERANG COMING. Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 12
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