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CONTENTS OF LETTER. (Special.) WELLINGTON, July fi. V ‘-j Hat letter was a most .despicable libel on the peop.e who live m New Zealand,” declared the Government member for Dunedin West (Mr 1 - - goimoiiy) when he reierred in the House of Representatives today letter published during the election campaign by tno Daily Mail and signed by Miss L. E. Cook, ol Marton, stating that New Zealand was in a tragic state and “Gestapo uiethods iire here—not camps, hut a .rood deal of the rest.” b 'this ‘fetter, added Mr Connolly, was obviouslv sent to discredit the J.abour Government of New Zealand in the hope that it would assist the conservatives in England. , , Another interesting feature of the British elections was that it was estimated that only two out of hve n the men in the forces would be able to vote. “That is Democracy, the new order, tliev have been fignting for, concluded Air Connolly, anil then think of tbe way all our boys were able to vote.” (Opposition laughter.) Mr J. T. Watts (Nat.. Riccarton): Is it any business' of ours what they do in England ? Sea “Letter Causes Flutter. 1 age, 5.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 185, 6 July 1945, Page 6
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196LABOUR RILED Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 185, 6 July 1945, Page 6
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