ELECTION DATE
ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PROMISED BY PREMIER.' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Attempts by Opposition members to elicit information as to the date of the general election met with no success in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, said that at this stage he himself did not know the date, but he would inform members at the earliest possible moment.
The question was raised by Mr Sullivan (Opposition, Bay of Plenty) during discussion on the Estimates, when he asked whether members could now be informed of the election date. It was important that members in the outback districts should know this as soon as possible. The Minister of Finance. Mr Nash: “I am certain that the Prime Minister will inform the House at the earliest convenient opportunity.” The Leader of the Opposition: “When does ‘convenient’ mean?”
The Prime Minister, who entered the House at this stage, said there was no need for members to show any great anxiety, and they could accept his assurance that he would advise them as soon as possible.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1943, Page 3
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