NEW ZEALAND AFFAIRS
AUSTRALIAN COMMENT PRIME MINISTER'S RETORT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Thursday The alleged exposure of the reason for the whispering campaign against New Zealand in London, made by an Australian paper, was characterised by the Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, as a fairly correct statement of the position. "But you have not got to go to London i'or a whispering campaign," he added. "You <?an find it in Australia. Some Australian politicians and economists seem to be more concerned about New Zealand affairs than about Australian. My advice to them is to iinind their own business lor a few moments. "1 can hardly find myself going to Australia and advising Australians what they should do. 1 have already refused to do that, it was during the recent election campaigns there. 1 sometimes wonder whether 1 was right in that attitude in view of the actions of some people there. At the same time, it is not right to blame the Government for sonic of the stupid utterances of some of its supporters. That is quite clear to inc."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23072, 24 June 1938, Page 13
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