MANLY INDIFFERENCE
SLANDER OF PUBLIC MEN. "I have heard Mr. Coates slandered by men and women who ought to know better,” said the Rt Hon. Sir Francis Bell when speaking on the second reading of the Banks Indemnity (Exchange) Bill in the Legislative Council on Friday afternoon. ' Sir Francis said it was clear to his mind that the Bill was a contravention of the Ottawa agreement, although he admitted that it was an arguable point. Mr. Coates, who was one of the two New Zealand delegates to the conference, was convinced that there had been no contravention of the agreement. "I disagree with him,” said Sir Francis, “but that is only my opinion. To disagree with Mr. Coates on that point does not mean that I join the gang of slanderers—men and women who ought to know better. I have heard Mr. Coates slandered—slandered not because of his public life—every man who enters public life must expect that sort of thing—but slandered for his private life. He, with manly Indifference, has disregarded it.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1933, Page 7
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