Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington Vol. 24, No. 6. 1961.
The Final Fatal Blow
The Final Fatal Blow
The members of the affirmative suffered a final, fatal blow from Mr Hamlin when he summarised very neatly the arguments against the motion. Mr Hamlin had vacated his chair and exercised his privilege of speaking as a floor member. Despite Mr Hogg's courageous retreat—his talks of "emotionalism, sentimentalism," and all, Mr Hamlin's objections struck home.