MR. MORTON AND THE BARE MAJORITY.
Sir,—At a recent meeting in Onehunga, Mr. J. B. Morton, in contradicting a statement that he was a three-fifths man three years ago, produced a copy of the Herald, from which he read an extract from a speech delivered by him in Onehunga during the last electoral campaign, and in which it was stated that the candidate declared himself in favour of the bare majority. Now, sir, I have before me a copy of the Herald of October 16, 1908, containing an account of Mr. Morton's Onehunga address, in which it is stated that the candidate declared himself in favour of the present three-fifths law, as " no-license " being practically "no-liquor," it should only be carried by a substantial majority. Will Mr. Morton kindly explain the • inconsistency, and tell us which is right? A Lover of the Tetith.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14855, 5 December 1911, Page 5
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