Will Fight If Shipping Is Held Up
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WELLTNGTON, Sept, 16. "Let them trv. T-et npvone' in this countrv trv. We will deal with them \vith the utmost ripour of the law and if the law is not stroncr enough we will bring in new laws and reerulationS," said the Prime MiniRter fMr Frhser) in the House of Representatives todav. He was discussing threat.s of an international hold-up of Pacific shipping involving New Zealand. He said that the threats which had emanated from Mr Bridges in Honolulu and others amounted to a deelarat.ion of war on New Zealand which could not be tolerated. Mr Sheat recalled that when in New Zealand in 1949 the "emancipator ", Mr Elliott, statod that Labour lenders who rojected the Communist philosophy woujld b§ better killed oif. /
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 September 1949, Page 5
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133Will Fight If Shipping Is Held Up Chronicle (Levin), 17 September 1949, Page 5
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