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APPOINTMENTS DEFENDED BY MR FRASER (F.0.P.R.) WELLINGTON, May 9. The work of the Minister of Finance. Mr W. Nash, and the Minister of Lands, Mr F. Langstone, as New Zealand representatives abroad, was defended by the Prime Minister. Mr Fraser, when replying to the financial debate in the House of Representatives to-day. Both, he said, had done splendid work for the Dominion. New Zealand was indeed fortunate in its two representatives in the North American continent. Washington was one of the most important spots on earth to-day so far as New Zealand was concerned. Mr Fraser said. Mr Nash had been selected for the position of New Zealand Minister there because of his grasp of the situation in the Pacific. Not only had he lived up to their expectations, but he had exceeded them already.
Mr Fraser said that when the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Mackenzie King, had met him in London, one of the first things he had asked was that New Zealand should implement the exchange of representatives by appointing a representative to Ottawa Mr Langstone was eminently fitted for the position.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24912, 11 May 1942, Page 4
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