SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
OPPOSITION CRITICISED.
MR. HOLLAND'S ATTITUDE.
VIEWS OF MISS MELVILLE
"Serious attention should be paid towards the attitude of the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. H. E. Holland) in regard to Samoan affairs," said Miss Ellen Melville, Reform candidate for Roskill, last evening. Miss Melville said that the action of Mr. Holland in connection with Samoa had not been creditable, and that an attempt had been made to make party capital out of a critical situation. In spite of the fact that a Royal Commission, the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations, and the League itself had upheld the Samoan administration, Mr. Holland still maintained that his judgment was correct, and ehe considered that a man who claimed to represent New Zealand should be loyal to it 3 interests and jealous of its reputation.
Miss Melville dealt at length with finance, and maintained that much of the New Zealand loan money had been spent to good purpose on reproductive works.
Miss Melville received a good hearing throughout, and at the close a vote of thanks and appreciation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 260, 2 November 1928, Page 10
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179SAMOAN AFFAIRS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 260, 2 November 1928, Page 10
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