M.P. THREATENED
POLICE MAKE INVESTIGATIONS.
ANONYMOUS LETTER RECEIVED
(By Telegraph —Per Pres* Association)
WELLINGTON, May 10
An anonymous letter threatening his life and making slanderous and libellous statements against other members of the Coalition has been received by Mr C. H. Clinkard, M.P. for Rotorua, and the matter is now in the hands of the police. The letter, which bore the Rotorua postmark, threatened that unless Mr Clinkard changed his attitude in Parliament the writer would “blow him up in his shanty.” The writing, which had been carefully disguised, is a mixture of printing and writing, hut those who have seen the letter expressed the view that the author is something oi a penman, because the characters are uniformly made. On receiving the letter Mr Clinkard 1 handed it to the senior Government Whip (Mr A. J. Murdoch), who took a serious view of the matter and placed it in the hands of the, Commissioner of Police (Mr W. G. Wohlmann).
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1932, Page 6
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161M.P. THREATENED Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1932, Page 6
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