Mr. Semple Still Buzzing From Heels Up
. Al't KL.VNlJ, Nov. o. "L'ni 70 years of age, " the Alinister oi \\ oi k.s (Air fcjeinple; coufessed vviien supporting the Labour candidature oi .vi r f. E. .wdnner of Cainp Bunn, in the Tamaki eiectorate, last ingiit. " Bui I in snll buz/ing in every cyhnder aiitl sparking on every plug. They say ' Beui ple 's too old and vve will soon be nd of iiiin. ' i '11 let them knovv tliat .beiupie is not only ulive from the chin up, but f ro ui the heels up. " " Conteinptible falselioods and foul e.xaggeraUous, ' tlie Alinister retorted «*lieu an iulerjector flounshed a nevvspuper clippujg and said there vvere soup Kitchens ui New Zealand todaV. Air fSemplu had been talking of tlie soup kitchen and the vvlieolbarrow days of the depression. "lf soiiieone Jias to depend on cadgiug soup today ihen lie 's a loufer. lf iie 's a nian i '11 give him a job at fl a day and pay his fare to Roxburgh. 1 vvant UUO rneii there lonrorrovv. " Another statement by the Alinistei
vvas: "I knovv mv econoinic.s. 1 didn't leain them at a univcrsity, and when I see soiue vvho did 1 tliank God 1 missed it."
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 November 1949, Page 7
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