“WHO TOLD YOU?”
LABOR’S SMOKELESS- FUEL CANARD. MR COATES' REJOINDER (Special to the Times.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 13. •‘Wlio told you that, Harry Hol•and?” the Prime Minister asked at Onohunga last night when an interject or said a big contract had been let to an English firm for the supply of smokeless fuel. “It is a fact,” the inteijector said. “Look here,” said the Prime Minister, “is there anyone* here who really believes that we have let a contract in England for smokeless fuel ??•’ A few answered “Yes,” and, when the Prime Minister pressed for something. more definite, there was-a wild veil of “Yes.” ‘•Well, you are the most incredulous bunch of people I have ever seen,” the Prime Minister retorted. Somebody outside flung in a question about the fuel. “Hullo, there is'another man out there who has swallowed Unit, hook, sinker and all,” Mr. Coates said amidst laughter and cheers. He stated, plainly, that, in the tenders winch were being invited for ■ the supply of the fuel, it was signified, definitely, that all the coal used must he New Zealand coal.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10744, 15 November 1928, Page 3
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