MR MASSEY AND THE PREMIER
■IE "INSULTING" TELEGRAM. • The following ia the telegram sent by the Prime Minister to Mr. Massey, who characterised it as "insulting and offensive":—"W. F. Massey, Esq., Auckland.—Re Mackenzie clan. Your telegram received yesterday while at the back of Waiau. Ido not, gather from it that you deny having made an unjustifiable reflection on the name of an honored clan, and also on myself.personally.' The necessarily curtailed report of my remarks contains practically the essence of what I eaid. Hence my defence not only of the Mackenzies, but also of all other Highland clans, when I declared • that although £30,000 was offered for Prince Charles, not one of them would touch a penny of the bribe. If you assert that you did not make the serious reflections on the Mackenzies which I have alluded to, I will at once furnish you with my source of information. Might I point out that you did not show great alacrity in responding to the demands of Parliament on you for the source of information of the statement that certain members of Parliament had offered money to square another member of Parliament.—T. Mackenzie."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 271, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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193MR MASSEY AND THE PREMIER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 271, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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