Mr. Nash's Contention Is "Totally Incorrect"
Did the Hon. Walter , Nash (then acting Prime Minister) have the constitutional right to send a cable , to Stalin congratnlating him on- his birthday on behalf of both the New Zealand Government and the New Zealand people, as he claimed he did when explaining his action in the House? According'to Mr. W. J. Qalloway, OtakiTe Horo delegate on the executive of i the Manawata Prq.vineial Federated Farmers, he deilnitely did not. At an executive meeting in Palmerston North yesterday Mr. Galloway stated that in tiie House, Mr. Nash contended he had the constitutional right \to send the message on behalf of the Government and people of the Dominion. "Mr. Nash's contention," he said, "was totally incorrect." Mr. Nash had the right to send a message on behalf of the Government but if he sent it on behalf of - the people also, he should have had the assent of both sides of the House. Asked by the chairman (Mr. H. J. McLeavey) if he were sure of his facts, Mr, Galloway replied that he was certain of them. Only the Governor-Gen-eral had th6 right to send a message on behalf of the people and the Government. Mr. Nash's statement had gone unchalienged by the Opposition, he added.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 February 1949, Page 3
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