REQUEST TO PREMIER
SUMMON PARLIAMENT DEMOCRATIC LABOUR MIDDLE EAST SITUATION ; (Per Press Association.) NAPIER, this day. The folloAving telegram has seen sent to the acting-Prime Minister, the Hon. W. Nash, by the Hon. W. E. Barnard and Mr. J. A. Lee, leaders of the Democratic Labour Party:—“ln view of the situation in the Near East, Avith the War Cabinet practically broken up and without returned soldier representation and in view also of our lack of full knowledge of New Zealand’s commitments overseas and Empire policy, we urge that Parliament be summoned at once so that all the people’s elected representatives may have an opportunity of obtaining the information they ought to know and on counselling upon and shaping the policy of the Dominion.” •
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20568, 30 May 1941, Page 9
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123REQUEST TO PREMIER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20568, 30 May 1941, Page 9
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