FLAGS AND POLITICS
Sir, —Reading an account of Mr. C. R. Dodd's meeting, National candidate for Auckland Central, I feel surprised to read that the speakeV was questioned by an interjector thus: "Why, does the National Party play on the sympathy of the audience by having the Union Jack on the table?" Being present at an address delivered by the Hon.. W. Nash at Kaikohe this week, I noticed that the Union Jack, as well as a vase of flowers, was on the table, concluding at the time that it was a privilege exercised by only Labour Ministers. However, I am left in some doubt as to who may have the distinction. "Possession being nine points of the law" they—the Labour Party—may be able to arrogate still another privilege to themselves —but why are our Nationalists questioned re the flag? A Constant Reader.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23157, 1 October 1938, Page 19
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143FLAGS AND POLITICS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23157, 1 October 1938, Page 19
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