AN ELECTION CANARD
TO ALARM CIVIL SERVANTS. An election campaign, rumour was' definitely contradicted in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. G. R. Sykes asked whether ifr; was true, as had heen rumoured, that; the Government contemplated dismiss-r----ing any Civil Servants. The Hon. A. L. Herdman said hecould not understand how these rumours got into circulation. It was a silly rumour, for which there was no foundation whatever in fact. Mr. Allen: Started by the Opposition, as a great many others are. Sir Joseph Ward 6aid he wished to give Mr. Allen's statement an emphatic denial'. The Opposition had nofc started rumours. Mr. Allen: You don't know. Mr. Russell: As a member of the Opposition, I demand that the Minister of Finance should withdraw his statement. (Laughter and noisy interjeo tions.) Mr. Speaker: Order! I ask honourable members to remember that this is the New Zealand Parliament. In answer to Mr. Russell's "demand," he' said that he had not understood _ that the remark of the Minister.of Finance [ was applied to any. member"-of ( tha
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2294, 30 October 1914, Page 6
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173AN ELECTION CANARD Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2294, 30 October 1914, Page 6
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