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A WRONG IMPRESSION SIR JOSEPH WARD’S STATEMENT [Pkr UrrrsD Press Association'.] WOODVILLK, March C. According to telegrams received by the Prime Minister at Napier the condensed Press Association report oi a speech made by him at Gisborne lias created the impression in some quarters that a pact exdsts between the .Reform and United Parties. “ It is hardly necessary for me to repudiate the existence ol any such understanding,” said the Prime Minister in an interview to-day; “ but to remove the misapprehension that has arisen 1 wish to repeat the actual words used by me. These were: ‘ The co-operation of all sections is required to advance the country’s best interests. What we want is to pull together. 'We want Relorm, United, and Labour working with each other. We want mutual trust and forbearance, and not each at the other’s throats all the time.” The Press Association’s report credited me with the statement that the Reform and United Parties were working together—a statement I never guide, and one with a vastly different meaning from that contained in the views .1 actually expressed, as 1 was not referring to the individual politics of any ol the three parties.”
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Evening Star, Issue 20117, 6 March 1929, Page 11
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197NO PACT Evening Star, Issue 20117, 6 March 1929, Page 11
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