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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mu Ph脿draig Friseal 脿 Taobh Sear Rois. Bha e airson 霉ine mh貌r na Phr矛omhaire ann an Sealann Nuadh. Bha an teaghlach aige bochd, mar a bha a鈥� chuid mh貌r ann am Baile an Droma. Dh鈥檉h脿g P脿draig an sgoil aig aois ceithir-deug. Dh鈥檕braich e an toiseach mar phost. An uair sin fhuair e preantasachd mar shaor.

Bha e air a chuartachadh le poilitigs. Bhiodh fir a鈥� bhaile a鈥� tighinn cruinn c貌mhla ann an ce脿rdach athar airson poilitigs a dheasbad. Bha far-ainm air a鈥� che脿rdaich gu h-ionadail 鈥� Taigh nan Cumantan!

Bha P脿draig na Libearalach. Ge-t脿, mean air mhean, ghluais e don l脿imh chl矛, don Ph脿rtaidh L脿barach. Nuair a bha a phreantasachd seachad, dh鈥檕braich e ann an D霉n 脠ideann agus Glaschu. An uair sin fhuair e obair ann an Lunnainn.

Bha e an s脿s ann an leasachadh Thaigh nan Cumantan 鈥� am fear ceart! Chuir sin ris an 霉idh a bha aige ann am poilitigs. Bhiodh e ag 猫isteachd ri 貌raidichean ann an Hyde Park. Agus bhiodh e a鈥� toirt taic do na suffragettes. Bha iadsan a鈥� str矛 airson c貌raichean bh貌taidh do bhoireannaich.

Chuala e mu Shealann Nuadh. Bha an d霉thaich air bh貌taichean a thoirt do bhoireannaich mu-thr脿th. Agus cha robh an siostam clas an sin cho dona 鈥檚 a bha e ann am Breatainn. Bha iad sin ga tharraing. She貌l P脿draig ann an naoi ceud deug 鈥檚 a deich (1910).

Airson greis, bha e ag obair mar shaothraiche. Nuair a bha an cothrom aige, bhiodh e a鈥� falbh don leabharlann, a鈥� leughadh leabhraichean.聽

Ged a bha Sealann Nuadh adhartach ann an iomadh d貌igh, bha fhathast ana-ceartas ann. Bha P脿draig a-nise misneachail gu le貌r gus seasamh air beulaibh sluagh, a鈥� gabhail 貌raidean.

Bha e air a chur an gr猫im leis na poilis d脿 thuras. A鈥� chiad triop, bha e a鈥� bruidhinn mu dheidhinn d矛on c貌raichean luchd-obrach. An d脿rna turas, bha e a鈥� bruidhinn an aghaidh dleastanas-airm anns a鈥� Chogadh Mh貌r. Chuir e seachad bliadhna sa phr矛osan airson sin. Bha P脿draig an aghaidh a鈥� Chiad Chogaidh. Bha e dhen bheachd nach robh ann ach c貌mhrag eadar ceannardan d霉thchannan 矛mpireil.

I was telling you about Peter Fraser from Easter Ross. He was for a long time the Prime Minister in New Zealand. His family was poor, as were most of the folk in Hill of Fearn. Peter left school at the age of fourteen. He worked, to begin with, as a postie. Then he got an apprenticeship as a carpenter.

He was surrounded by politics. The men of the village would meet in his father鈥檚 workshop to debate politics. The workshop had a local nickname 鈥� The House of Commons!

Peter was a Liberal. However, gradually he moved to the left, towards the Labour Party. When his apprenticeship was over, he worked in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Then he got work in London.

He was involved in the development of the House of Commons 鈥� the real one! That added to his interest in politics. He would listen to speakers in Hyde Park. And he would support the suffragettes. They were struggling for voting rights for women.

He heard about New Zealand. That country had already given the vote[s] to women. And the class system wasn鈥檛 as bad as it was in Britain. Those [things] were attractive to him. Peter sailed in 1910.

For a while, he was working as a labourer. When he got the opportunity, he would go to the library to read books.聽

Although New Zealand was advanced in many ways there was still injustice there. Peter was now confident enough to stand in front of a crowd, making speeches.

He was arrested by the police twice. The first time, he was speaking about defending workers鈥� rights. The second time, he was speaking against military conscription in the Great War. He spent a year in prison for that. Peter was opposed to the First [World] War. He reckoned it was just a conflict between the leaders of imperial powers.