"MANDATES"
NOT THE GENEVA KIND
"Mandates" —and the use and misuse of the word, were subjects referred to by Mr. Johnston at Alicetown.
Sir Joseph Ward had stated that he had a mandate from the country to go on building railway lines. Mr. Johnston thought that if he had a mandate it was a mandate not to go on with lines that wovild not pay. He had no mandate whatever to continue with lines whether they were profitable or not.
The wrong use of the word "mandate" had al«o been made by the other leader of the "double-barrelled UnitedLabour Party," Mr. Holland. He had stated that he had a mandate from the electors to pay himself an extra £100. "That mandate," said Mr. Johnston, "was just sis true as the mandate to build these long lines."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 10
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136"MANDATES" Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 10
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