ALLEGED RUMOUR
REPLY TO PRIME MINISTER MR HISLOP’S STATEMENT (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, Nov. 26. Mr T. C. A .Hislop, leader of the Democrat Party, in a statement in reply to the Prime Minister with reference to the alleged rumour of a party break between the Reform and United groups of the 'Nationalist Party and a united alliance with the Democrats, said he could only think that the “rumour” to which Mr Forbes referred was a figment of his imagination. He did not know whether Mr Forbes was just flying a kite or not. He could rest assured that he (Mr. Hislop) would not dream of splitting up the Nationalists, as together they were like most hybrids—they showed the worst traits of both species, thus making their elimination so much easier. Mr. Forbes had said he “knows this sort of stuff, and it not surprising, considering the mean sort of way Mr. Hislop has been trying to cast asperations on the Government about the report of the AuditorGeneral.” There was nothing “mean” about the truth. Not one of his (Mr Hislop’s) statements had been disproved. He had not been afraid to hit straight from the shoulder, and he did not need to invent silly “rumours” which the Prime Minister had so brilliantly “denied.”
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 276, 27 November 1935, Page 2
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