“Sit Down: Get Out”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 1

“Sit Down: Get Out”

LORD BANBURY RAISES STORM —« Aristocratic Crowd in An Uproar (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Received 1.30 p.m. LONDON, Tuesday. SERIOUS differences in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 'which have been apparent for some time, chiefly over varying vivisectionist views, came to a climax in an uproarious meeting to-day. Prominent men and women shouted until there was pandemonium. When the women could not make their voices heard they just screamed. A man stood on a chair and shook his fist at Lord Banbury, who attempted to take the chair.

Mr. Stephen Coleridge moved that Mr. Wallace Grain should replace Lord Banbury. The latter ignored the shouts to vacate his seat, and attempted to read a document, amid a tumult of Shouts of “Sit down!” “Get out!’* Mr. Grain attempted to speak to Lord Banbury, who turned sharply and said: “I do not know who the hell you are—get out instead."

This outburst was greeted with cries of “Shame!” “Get out of the

chair!” “We will not have you!” Lady Cory, holding a yapping toy dog, said she wanted to move a vote of censure on Lord Banbury for degrading the society. Sir James Douglas declared that the whole trouble of the society was due to Lord Banbury. Amid renewed uproar, Lord Banbury suddenly gathered up his papers and departed, together with the members of the council.