A TREMENDOUS OVATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 6

A TREMENDOUS OVATION

PRIME MINISTER OARIMED shoulder Hiea. : (Bj Td-sgra.pa.- Bptfilrt Oo.'WcasoijS.ea.t.} diirlstohuroh, Jtme 5. There were about 6.600 persoas at the , bin meeting in. Victoria Squex-e tonight, but, of course, estitnate.s vary. Tho disturbers we.ro uo-t HUTOt?tt»> perhaps 150 at tho most, hat they had placed themselves near tho Eot-uiida in small knots, a.ad were so pc-rsktotvb and unceasing ttj ; a-t it ahaos-t- appeawd that their orgonisation iasi included so : aio The great bulk of the audience wor-e there to listen, ajid tho number of enthUsiflstg va«tJy obtxEnnibered tho smaH baiid of rowdies. The meeting was: an objecWessoii in. what email percentage- of a crowd ea-ti do in the way of a distu-rbanca. Opifiiaji-s are divided, as to whether the distijTDerfi were Red Feds, or Wa-rditea, Certainly they called insistently Sir Jose}& Ward,, but tho ijfiKil Sooial 3Domoc:r:at leaders deoj? th, ; at the.distwhanfee Ijad , their sympathy, nor is tb/ew any reasan to doubt tho- sincerity of tleio'whoso opinions ymt correspondent has obtained. Mr. Jlassoy had evidently decided that he would gay what he had -ta say, distu.rbfl-n*e ar no distttrbimfce, and he said it. He went siTaight ahead, and histeiling t-o such interjections as bo jiojticcd. did jiot bto for a moment Joso sight of his juipose or disturb bis" perfect tra-ftqui-lity and cood hiipoar. Hβ was evfifetitjy enjoying .hiissrff qs ffiuoi as tlio distilirb* ers. The ending of Jiis - wae really eloquent. this countrj , wants," ho said, "and what it-has got, is a Govetftig.fttit eg-usl to any emergency, and; tiie people aro going to sti.pport the preseiifc wovernm.out. The issue is perfectly clear, and .perfectly plain, and-perfeetlj sinj-ple. The prc. sent Government is -en'its trfaj>.ahd'l ask any rs.Rh£-thiftkfflg ffian te lo&k ifsto our leßislutfon, into out Administration, and say whotK«r we- have not done the , right thing fighting against Weteeiirlcras difficulties. Tho, verdict of a:ny Hjte!lig.?ii t person nwst Iβ that we have done wellUnder our etifttrol &B?1 under our gnid* ance tho eounti-y has t>resi«:.re-d exceedingly. It is a Government of New lenders for Jfew Zealnnders by New !s.ea-<-landers, fai when the time comes the great majority of the people of tne country will say t/o have done WeH." At the end. of the meetfn.s; Mr. Jfnisey received a tremciifjMiß otation; ilie- olicers tM not drowii iio hoot?, of cetirse, tat made clear that tie rest majority, of the huce audience were with vm l?f cmier. Eα *as «srried shouMer hinji away frow tho rotunda, and was -escorted' to his hotel by an enormous mob, cheering WiW3y. with a- few hostilos r—(their fewness tow very apparent)— sutinlyinpt a light tritnwinij of hiMtinK. Tho Rfpfoftn Party are delighted with the meeting and thflire was a-n tinmistakijble impressioh in the city> whicij was thronged witli people, tliat ■ Mr. Jlassey scored a lnigo "success, Tl-ie meetiiiß ha-s done «nrt.rrnovis goeA to fto in this district. J jisiffid Mr. Massm , ttftofvrartls what ho t3iougl.it of it, and ho Saul ljn thought- it whs "Just nil right, wnd Jio woiiktn't hsv'O missed Ifc for anything." He has Teason far his satisfaction.