M'NAB RESEARCHES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1588, 4 November 1912, Page 5

M'NAB RESEARCHES.

•jfOSITION STATED IN THE HOUSE.

; Jnst before the House of KepresentaE' res' adjourned on Saturday, afternoon. r . 0. W. Russell directed tho attention '■■•M'.tlio:Prime Minister to the report of 'an Invercargill interview with tlw Hon. ffi. M'Nab; from . which it appeared that ' ' iftfr. M'Nab intended to cease editing, the . JJew -Zealand historical , records on ... ac- '. count of allegations which had Men made tin tho House. : 1 , jii:Mr.--Bussellsaidthat it .would-be, a .: 'ftery. regrettable, thing -if Mr. 1 M Nab .disteontinued his noble aiul patriotic ..work, • find asked the Prime Minisfer'whataction jke intended to, take. ; f\ : Mr., Mass.ey Baid .that he 1 / appreciated— •pnd no one moro than ho did—the work that had been,: and was being, done by . Mr. M'Nab.; So far as clearing tip; the implication made by one of the members : ? earlier , in the session (that Mr. ■ M Nib .flhud been- paid .for his: work) ; via-con-.jcenied, .everythinKlthat it . was -possible. -Ito do had been done. . The matter hail 'i*i>4en':discussed at .length,- Ministers had" v-'axprossed■ their, opinions; and a return had been laid on the table showing that Mr, M'Nab; had not received a' single •i iopper :for the valuable work which he : jhad done for, ■ New, Zealand in connection v Svith' histxirical research. If there was . tonything more that he could do, the . • (Prime Minister stated in conclusion.; .he fivould be only too glad .to do it. His impression from reading the published in'jterview - with 1 . Mr. 'M'Nab was. that: the ; latter was not fullr informed as to what . (had been;said in Tarliainent. Tho ■ Hon. <F. M.- B; ;Fisher: said that

. (Tieihad .written .to Mj.: M'Nab informing \him .that Cabinet had granted, the, sum, : /required for' the. publication of his book •: ;pnd expressing-regret that an inaccurate statement had been niade by . one member hf tho Houeo. Ho had forwarded to Mr. M'Nab a copy ,of tho Hansard . report of the discussion in .the House- an ; the subject of; his. wprk iand. a, copy, of the'return montioncd .by. tlia Prime Ministor. It seemed to • him that everything aiblo had. been. dono. . In a: concluding. reference. to tho sub- . . fleet Mr. Russellsaid that in his opinion •r- the, Primg I ,^ini^er J^ 4 'ijitl^ ( 't)ie i fliark. • ■: fend prestige .'ofhis ■ . approached, - (Mr. M'Nab,..the.;,latter' could be induced ,;Wo, continue his work,."of,historical ro)teroh, . i , ,