NATHAN INCIDENT
DISCUSSED IN HOUSE POLICE ACTION DEMANDED BY OPPOSITION. MINISTER INVITES SCRUTINY OF EVIDENCE. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Nathan incident, which occurred in Wellington during the last local body elections, when several union secretaries were stated to have visited Mr H. L. Nathan’s office and threatened him, were ventilated when the Police Department vote of £.667,900 was under consideration in the House of •Representatives today. Opposition members urged that the Police Department should institute an immediate prosecution against the individuals concerned. The Acting-Minister in Charge of Police, Mr Webb, said there was not a particle of evidence to justify the police taking action. It was open to Mr Nathan at any time, should he so desire, to have the whole case ventilated in court. Mr Webb invited legal members of the Opposition to go through the evidence, and said he was sure they would be satisfied that no action could be taken by the .police. The vote was passed, as was the Valuation Department vote of £40,000. The Lands and Survey vote of £404,800 was under consideration when the House adjourned at 1 p.m.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1941, Page 6
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188NATHAN INCIDENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1941, Page 6
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