DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 191, 9 May 1940, Page 5

DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY

♦ ! Campaign Launched In Auckland CHEERING AND BOOING MINGLED (By Telegraph—-Press Association.) AUCKLAND. May 8. A crowd of nearly 3000 people, which tilled, the Town Hall, heard the pintform of newly-established Democratic Labour Party expounded by Mr. J. A. Lee and Mr.* Barnard, Speaker of tne House of Representatives, tonight. While a large proportion of the audience appeared either sympathetic or tolerant toward the speakers, there was a great deal of noisy interjection, which several times culminated in tumult, as counter-cheers and applause were given. , About 20 police officers were stationed throughout the ball. They spoke to several interjectors at various stages of the meeting, and one man, who made his way to the front of the hall and attempted a vocal exchange with Mr. Lee, was escorted from the building at the request of the speaker. Vigorous cheering and booing were frequent during the meeting, and at times speakers could not be heard, even with the aid of the amplifying system. At the conclusion of the meeting a motion was introduced endorsing the formation of the Democratic Labour Party and thanking the speakers for their address. It was declared ‘‘carried by an overwhelming majority” by the chairman, who announced that the collection had paid for the rent of the hall and other expenses.