Mr Savage, who has been in the news this week in connection with outstanding political and economic questions, has had a long Parliamentary career in New Zealand. An Australian by birth, he took part in mining and other activities in his younger days, including engine driving. From his earliest days he was a keen student of radical politics, and has for many years been a prominent Labour member of the House of Representatives. On the death of Mr H. E. Holland , he became leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister when that party was returned to power.
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Northern Advocate, 15 July 1938, Page 4
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98Mr Savage, who has been in the news this week in connection with outstanding political and economic questions, has had a long Parliamentary career in New Zealand. An Australian by birth, he took part in mining and other activities in his younger days, including engine driving. From his earliest days he was a keen student of radical politics, and has for many years been a prominent Labour member of the House of Representatives. On the death of Mr H. E. Holland, he became leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister when that party was returned to power. Northern Advocate, 15 July 1938, Page 4
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