MR NELSON REPLIES TO PRIME MINISTER.
STATE TRADING WAS NOT CAUSE OF DISCONTENT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, February 4. The Hon O. F. Nelson, after consultation with his solicitor, Sir John Findlay, publishes in the “Star” a lengthy statement with regard to the Samoan situation, reserving criticism of the Royal Commission’s report until the evidence is made available by the Government. Replying to the Premier’s statement that “the Adminsitrator s experimental native copra selling policy was responsible for the present movement,” Mr Nelson says, “The Prime Minister knows the Administration did not start handling native copra until March, 192?. He knows the trouble in Samoa begjan long before that.” His (Mr Nelson’s) first complaints to the Premier were made in September, 1926, and the trouble was well started before then. “The Prime Minister well knows the Administrator’s dealings in copra were a mere retaliation against myself,” he said. “Prohibition has nothing to do with the present unrest and Mr Coates knows that.” Mr Nelson protests against the sending of extra police,;Qto Samoa, as he considers it unnecessary. *
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18380, 4 February 1928, Page 2
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177MR NELSON REPLIES TO PRIME MINISTER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18380, 4 February 1928, Page 2
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