OUTBURST AT OTTAWA
MR LANGSTONE RESIGNS OFFICE. WANTED WASHINGTON POST.
P.A. Cable.
OTTAWA, Oct. 13.
Mr F. Langstone has resigned the position of High Commissioner for New Zealand. He said he had done so because of differences with Mr Fraser. Mr Langstone, who expects to retum to New Zealand this month, complained that although definite arrangements were made for his appointment as Minister to the United States, Mr Fraser, without explanation, appointed Mr Nash instead of Mr Langstone. Mr Langstone said that when he asked Mr EYaser for an explanation at Ottawa on September 5 Mr Fraser
ineorrectly contended that the Washington offer was conditional upon whether Mr Nash was able to go to Washington or not Mr Langstone added: "I refreshed Mr Fraser 's memory that this was not so, and in view of what took place I resigned the High Commissionership and when I return to New Zealand I will resign as a Minister of the Fraser Government." He said he strongly resented any form of false pretence, double-cross-ing or untrue statements, or being treated like a schoolboy, even by the Prime Minister, particularly while he was a member of Parliament and a Minister of the Crown.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 243, 15 October 1942, Page 5
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199OUTBURST AT OTTAWA Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 243, 15 October 1942, Page 5
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