MR FRASER TO MR DOIDGE

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23536, 14 January 1942, Page 4

MR FRASER TO MR DOIDGE

—* REPLY MADE TO TELEGRAM CONFERENCES CALLED OT GOVERNMENT (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January Is., The following reply has been !•» by the Prime Minister (the Rt. HOli " Fraser) to Mr F. W. Doidge, i “In reply to your telegram wblWp reached my office after midday terday, long after it had appeardd_ In the morning newspapers and which * received on my return from Auckl|h4 this morning, I have to assure you ffij* • your constitutional position as PtfUJ* mentary representative of 5915 eiectom out of 924.000 who voted at the i General Election has not been BW* | judiced at any conference or coniuma. | tion which the Government has Mg | with the representatives of the | ployers, trade unionists, farmery | manufacturers, editors, chambers | commerce, or any other interest ®n B gaged in the country’s essential S«r I vices which are of such overwhelming | importance during the present w» i Mr Doidge had sent the followidl I message to the Prime Ministers- ■ I “According to the news, the FedMi tion of Labour, in session in Parua ment House, has been deliberating whether the war situation is yet sen* ous enough to justify New Zealand* abandonment of the 40-hour wee* May I, as one elected in to represent the people in humbly inquire what decisiop taken by those who have usurpeffv, r Jsl places.” . y 1 r*' ? r PARLIAMENTAHY LABOUR PARTY TO MEET (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 13. A meeting of the Parliamentary La®* oru Party will be held in Wellingt® on Friday morning.