NO POLITICAL PACT.
STATEMENT BY PREMIER.
AN INACCURATE REPORT.
(By Telejjraph.—Press Association.)
WOODVILLE, this day.
According to telegrams received by the Prime Minister at Napier, the Press Association report of a speech made by him at Gi-sborne has created the impression in some quarters that a pact exists between the Reform and United Parties.
"It is hardly necessary for me to repudiate the existence of any such understanding," said the Prime Minister in an interview to-day; but, to remove any misapprehension that has arisen, I wish to repeat the actual words used by me. These were, "Co-operation of all sections is required to advance the country's best interests. What we want is to pull together. We want Reform, United and Labour working with each other, we want mutual trust and forbearance, and not each at the other's throat all the time. The Press Association report credited me with the statement that Reform and United were working together, a statement I never made, and one with a vastly different meaning from that contained in the views I actually expressed, as I was not referring to the individual politics of any of the three parties."
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 55, 6 March 1929, Page 9
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193NO POLITICAL PACT. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 55, 6 March 1929, Page 9
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