APPEAL FOR YES VOTE
Press Association)
Businessmen Asked To Hdp In Referendum
(Per
•CHRISTCHURCH, June 23. An appeal to m&nlbers of the business community to :do eyerything possiblb to seCure arf af&rma-. : tiye vote in the •referendum on conipu'sory" •military training was" made today by the Leader ,of the ; .Qppositidn", Mr. S. G. Hohand, ,a.d-' i dressing & luncheon meeting of businessmen. Mr. Hollan'd said that whfe he i whole-hearte'dly disagre.e.d with the . right .of any . outside organisation to overrule- the Government of the day,' and while he deplore$ the ,unwiiiingness of the . Government toi perform its pr.oper function of :governing the country, he would do everything in hiis power to assist in obtaining an affirmative result. "It is unthinkabte that New Zealand should leave everything to Britain and it is entirely out of the •question to.dare to seek» American h.elp for our defence unless we show that we are prepared to defend ourseIves,'\sa'ifl Mr. Holland.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 June 1949, Page 5
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155APPEAL FOR YES VOTE Chronicle (Levin), 23 June 1949, Page 5
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