"TO A MAN'S FACE."
MAORI M.P.'S CANDOUR. ADVICE TO INDEPENDENTS. EACH SHOULD JOIN A PARiY, (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. "I speak to a man's face," said Mr. Taiti Te Tomo (Western Maori), when speaking through an interpreter in the House of Representatives this morning, and he later went on to give his views on the position of members of the House. Accompanying his remarks witlf a wealth of gesture, Mr Te Tomo addressed Independent members by' name and advised them to attach themselves to either one side or the other—the Government or Labour party. As independents they were without a leader or Minister to go to with their troubles. He concluded his remarks by expressing the wish that all members present would bo returned to the next Parliament and that they would not do anything to prevent the return of one another.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 76, 30 March 1935, Page 11
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