SOUTHERN MAORI SEAT
The member of the Executive Council representing the Maori race, the Ben E. T •Tirikaiene. it! to be opposed for'thx- Southern M on seai at the rpprofcc&ing' General <■ Election by Lieuter;api Tony Tikso Barrett M-C At one of. the largest and most repro : sentatiyet '■: Maori gatherings • held in Canterbury jEor some time past, it was decided t& invite Lieutenant Tikao Barrett id?, contest the seat in the Opposition interests. Lieutenant Barrett consented''to; do so, subject to permission being obtained from the military medical authorities., Ife returned six months ago {after jervgng with much distinction in the Maori Battalion, and is still receiving treatment lor an injured left, hand. !
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 150, 26 June 1943, Page 6
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111SOUTHERN MAORI SEAT Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 150, 26 June 1943, Page 6
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