Minhinnick, Gordon (Sir), 1902-1992 :Let battle commence! New Zealand Herald, 9 July 1946.

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Date
1946
By
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference
A-311-1-024
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New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser as the Duke of Wellington, flanked by his cabinet ministers as officers, asks a miner in the 'accent' of the Duke (who narrowly won the battle of Waterloo against Napoleon with great loss of life), 'Sam, Sam, pick oop thi pick-axe - coom, laad, just to please ME!"

Extended Title - 'The next election will prove the Waterloo of either the Nationalists or the Labour Party' - Mr Fraser, appealing to the Huntly miners for increased coal production.

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