MINISTERS' SILENCE
A NOVEIj REPUTATION (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The silence of Ministers of the urown since the opening of Parliament was commented upon by Mr Sheat (Nat., Patea), in the House of Representatives last night. It seemed, he said, that the Ministers were endeavouring to establish for themselves a reputation for strong silent statesmanship. ' '
Mr. Sheat said the Minister of Labour, Mr. Webb, had recently been ! n Australia, and had made some humorous statements there. He had delivered an appeal from the miners of New Zealand to the miners of Australia asking them to appeal to their comrades for greater production. (Opposition laughter.) Mr. Sheat claimed that the surrender of authority in connection with the Huntly strike had lowered the authority of the Government, and this was a big factor in the unsatisfactory state of affairs to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 63, 15 March 1944, Page 4
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