NO CONGRATULATIONS
MR. W. J. POLSON’S ELECTION Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, To-day. At a meeting: of tbe provincial executive of the Southern Hawke’s Bay branch of the New Zealand Farmers,’ Union, Major McDonnell suggested that it forward a letter of congratulation to Mr. W. J. Poison, president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, on securing a seat in Parliament. Mr. J. Livingston, president of the branch, and a member of the Dominion executive, who presided, declined to accept the motion. “We, as a union,” he said, “are opposed to politics. We have to keep out of them, and I cannot accept the motion.” He admitted that there was nothing to prevent offering congratulations individually, but immediately they did so as an organised body of the Farmers’ Union they were associating themselves with a particular party, and getting mixed up in party politics. Mr. McDonnell: He does not belong to any party. A Member: Mr. Poison belongs to the Independent Party. Another Member: None of us know at present which side he is on. The chairman persisting in his attitude, the motion was withdrawn.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 1
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182NO CONGRATULATIONS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 1
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