SIR MAURICE HANKEY.
NOT ON A MISSION
LONDON, Nov. 23. Coincidently with the publication of a cable from Wellington that Sir Maurice Hankey, Sir George Pearce, and the New Zealand Government were discussing defence matters, Socialist members of the House of Commons questioned Mr Rams a3’ MacDonald (Prime Minister) regarding Sir Maurice Hankey’s mission. Mr MacDonald replied that it had never been suggested that Sir Maurice Hankey should regard himself as debarred from discussing matters with which he was intimately . acquainted. The mission had no political significance. He agreed that it was important that Sir Maurice Hankey should keep contact with the Dominions in these matters. Any conversations in that connection would be in the nature of supplementing normal channels of communication.
Mr Morgan Jones asked why, if Sir Maurice Hankey was 011 a mission, his expenses were not borne by the Government. Mr MacDonald: Sir Maurice Hankey is not on a mission any more than I was on a mission when in Newfoundland, but I Was consulted on matters there. It is perfectly absurd to imagine anyone going—the remainder of the answer was drowned by cheers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 7
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187SIR MAURICE HANKEY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 7
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