MISS MELVILLE DISOWNED.
EXPLANATION BY MR. MASSEY. DESERTED HER ELECTORATE. An explanation was given by the Prime ■Minister in the course of his address at Dominion Road last evening why Miss Ellen Melville was not this election carrying the official Reform banner as she had done in the previous contest when she stood for Grey Lynn. Mr. Massey was defending the integrity of Mr. Potter, the official Reform candidate for the Roskill seat, when a member of the audience interjected: — "Why don't you want Miss Melville?" Mr. Massev: We had a better candidate in Mr. Potter. The voice: Why did you support her last election? She was your candidate then. JMt. Massey: "Yes, but she did not stay there." He went on to say that he did not know whether Miss Melville had been approached to stand for Roskill. Personally he had the greatest respect for her, but she should not have come to Roskill without consulting the Reform organisation in Auckland, or possibly himself. A voice: It is a free country. Mr. Massey: It is not because you want Miss Melville that you are making this fuss. You want her becau.se it will split the vote.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 22 November 1922, Page 8
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197MISS MELVILLE DISOWNED. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 22 November 1922, Page 8
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