NATIVE AFFAIRS
♦— — MR SEMPLE'S ADDRESS The words "crime," "forgery," "embezzlement," "conspiracy," and "palm-oil" were used frequently by Mr R. Semple, Labour member of Parliament for Wellington East, in a public address last night at the Grand Theatre. Mr Semple spoke, of native administration in New Zealand, and based his address on the report of the Native Affairs Commission. He spoke vigorously and vehemently, and he received an attentive hearing from a fairly large audience. Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., Mayor of Christchurch, and Mr H. T. Armstrong, M.P., president of the Labour party, supported Mr Semple. Mr Semple reviewed some of the land deals and sheep deals criticised by the commission and claimed that the Government should accept full responsibility for the mistakes of the former Native Minister, Sir Apirana Ngata. He said that Sir Apirana should be out of Parliament and on trial, and "a bunch of others with him."
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21377, 21 January 1935, Page 12
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