HON. B. ROBERTS TO RETIRE
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WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. The Minister of Agriculture and Mar keting (Mr. Roberts) announced todav that, acting on rnedieal adviee, he hart decided not to be a candidate for ttie Masterton seat at the forthcoming General Election. . fle had reeovered sufficiently to carry on his duties unt.il the new Parliament was elected. . . • iMr. Fraser said tlijs afternopn'-Hiai he had received Mr.-.'Robhrts's decision with regret, which would "be shared by his colleagues, by the whole House, ano l)y the farming community. Mr. Roberts wTas most able, painstaking and sincere in the discharge of his duties and had great plans for the advance ment of agriculture, said Mr. Fraser. He was one of the best Ministers oi Agriculture New Zealand had had. .His advocacy of cooperative marketing had opened up a new era of cooperation be tween producers and the Government lepartments Concerned.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 September 1946, Page 4
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