The Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, who is having some interesting experiences during an election campaign in various conHecklers and he have come to grips on more than one occasion, and the Minister’s powers of invective have been freely utilised. Mr Semple is a picturesque member of the Government. An Australian by birth, he became a miner at ten years of age, and has been a prominent figure in the Labour world ever since. His policy of mechanisation in connection with Public Works has brought him into the limelight.
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Northern Advocate, 29 September 1938, Page 6
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91The Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, who is having some interesting experiences during an election campaign in various con- Hecklers and he have come to grips on more than one occasion, and the Minister’s powers of invective have been freely utilised. Mr Semple is a picturesque member of the Government. An Australian by birth, he became a miner at ten years of age, and has been a prominent figure in the Labour world ever since. His policy of mechanisation in connection with Public Works has brought him into the limelight. Northern Advocate, 29 September 1938, Page 6
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