Preventing Mr John Milligan, of Christchurch, from speaking out of turn are members of the United States debating team, Mr Sean O’Rourke, left, and Mr Sam Nelson, before a debate in the Provincial Chambers. Mr Milligan was made an honorary member of the team when it pitted its wits against a Canterbury debating team. The motion that “New Zealand should become the fifty-first state of the United States of America,” was lost by the visitors. Mr O’Rourke and Mr Nelson are in Christchurch on a national debating tour.
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88Preventing Mr John Milligan, of Christchurch, from speaking out of turn are members of the United States debating team, Mr Sean O’Rourke, left, and Mr Sam Nelson, before a debate in the Provincial Chambers. Mr Milligan was made an honorary member of the team when it pitted its wits against a Canterbury debating team. The motion that “New Zealand should become the fifty-first state of the United States of America,” was lost by the visitors. Mr O’Rourke and Mr Nelson are in Christchurch on a national debating tour. Press, 13 July 1984, Page 29
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