TAURANGA SEAT.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1923, Page 1

TAURANGA SEAT.

Mil T. M. WILEORI). f TIV TIUiKOIiAIUI —l'lill PKIiSS ASSOCIATION.] TK AROHA, March 27 The Leader of the Opposition, Air T. 1 M.. AA ilford. M.P.. was greeted hy a 1 packed alulicnce in the Theatre Royal, To Arolui, to-night, over J2OO persons being jiresent. The Mayor, Mr R. Coulter, presided. A scene of enthu- ( siasm uusurpns~ed at any previous political meeting held here was demonstrated as Mr AVilford appeared on the platform, and again when ho rose to 1 address the assemblage. Prolonged cheers and applause from all sections of the theatre created a deafening chorus. in his remarks lie caustically criticised the Reform Party and the Mas.-.y.-Administration, and throughout he was listened to with great attention, being applauded at various intervals. At the conclusion he received a unanimous vote, of thanks for his very intelligent address, and for his courtesy in visiting Te Amlin. That the audience approved of his speech was obvious by the immensity id' cheering that was created on the motion being put. The meeting concluded with cheer afler cheer and rounds of applause lor Mr AVilford, Sir Joseph Ward, and ihe Liberal Party. II OX AY. E. MASSE A". TAPRAXCA. March 27 The Prime Minister has come to Tauranga. lie arrived amidst the mixed cheers of a crowd, numbering about dOO, who assembled to do homage to Xew Zealand's political leader, Like Caesar ‘T can as well be hanged as tell the manner of it: 'tivas mere foolery; they gave him a crown of cypress houghs in every seriousness, mid he re fused it." Mislead of the dignified, silent approach of a few motors containing the Premier and his supporters, the astonished spectators beheld a procession coming down the hill to the Triangle which, when clearly seen, resolved itself into a veiling vanguard composed of a rabble of small hoys and Maoris, with a jazz hand in their midst. liehind. seated on an oflice chair lashed j between the seats of a buggy hy men with ropes, sat William Ferguson Massey, with an arch of cypress over his head, and a lnion Jack trailing horizontally behind. Many staunch .lieformers beheld the spectacle with mingled feelings ; many Liberals beheld it with glee. ing- Rost.”