HARRIS AGAINST COATES.
■ ..,■.. — ♦- — One of the strongest antagonists to Gordon . Coates as Prime Minister was Waitemata's hopeful — Harris, M.P. A few days before the. Caucus ..(writes "Northcote',') he modestly admitted that if new appointments to Cabinet were being passed ,o.ut he Avas "not without claims.". He was going: to Wellington . to "strenuously advance" Mr. Stewart's .claims, but what the Waitemata^wonder wants (m spite of his stonewall against the Gaming Act and Sir /.'George.- Clifford) is "stable" governrnent. . Hai'ris '. hopes to see members "sinking their personal amb,itions m the interests of the country" pending,, negotiations with the Liberals. , But. why should not Coates be as good a Leader, from the fusion standpoint, as anyone; else? ' :
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NZ Truth, Issue 1018, 30 May 1925, Page 10
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114HARRIS AGAINST COATES. NZ Truth, Issue 1018, 30 May 1925, Page 10
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