LORD ELIBANK
COLLEAGUE DEFENDS HIS SPEECH. INVERCARGILL, October IS. A reference to the criticism by’ Hon. D. G. Sullivan of Lord Elibank’s Speech at Dunedin on the Industrial Efficiency Bill was made yesterday by Mr. J. Arthur Alton, of'Derby. England, leader of a party of Empire Chamber of Commerce delegates which is visiting Southland. “I thought Lord Elibank’s speech was a very* able one, and I consider that he was perfectly justified in making it,” said Mr Alton. ‘•'Before we came out here, we decided to say what we thought. We would lie wasting our time if we did not. We did not come to the Congress to say only pleasing platitudes. Fl, by' saying straight from the shoulder what we thought, we hai e offended someone, we are very sorry, but we did not come here to please people, exalted or otherwise. Lord Elibank made an excellent speech, and I think he had every right to sav what he thought.”
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Grey River Argus, 19 October 1936, Page 5
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