FREE FIGHT AT MR. ISITT'S MEETING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 47, 19 November 1919, Page 8

FREE FIGHT AT MR. ISITT'S MEETING

. - 6 THE "ETERNAL FEMININE" AGAIN ■■■By Telegraph—Press Aeeoclatlon. : . Christchurcb, November 18. There was a lively incident at a meeting addressed by i\h. L. M. Isitt tonight, ia St.. Matthew's Schoolroom. A woman who had been interjecting refused .' to keep silent, which drew the remark from Jlr. Isitt: "She has heeri put up to upset the meeting." An elderly man, after remonstrating with the woman, attempted to carry her out, and immediately the- hall was in an uproar. For a period a free fight raged in the middle of the hall, during which the womangot back to , her soat, and the man who tried to carry her out was knocked down. Order was ultimately restored and the oandidato proceeded with his address. 3lr. Isitt, said he was pledged to fight for everything that made for the prosperity and the happiness of the peoplo, and he pledged himself, whether they relumed hiiii , or not, to fight heart ind soul against Bolshevism, and to fight those leaders of Labour who he believed wero tho greatest foes this country had ever had. Tn the position the country was now in there was only one way out ~\«f tho difficulty, and that was thrift and economy. In advocating this he was not urging a timid policy, becnuse_ such would plunge the country into ruin. Wα had vast resource.? untouched, and wo must spend courageously on everything that would bo productive. Hβ did not advocate economy by starving industries or cutting down wages. If, however, wo were going to pay high wages, that rotten, degenerate and contemptible system, the "go-slow" policy, had to bo stopped. Ho contended that he was n-over more truly fighting tho battles of Labour than whon ho was fighting the Bolshevism that was creeping in- ITe would givo a general support to the Liberal Party if ho wero elected. Mr. Isitfc received a vote of thanks.