THE HUSTINGS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 501, 2 November 1928, Page 8

THE HUSTINGS

rIREWOKK,-' “Mr. Coates went up like a rocket in 1925, and this month he is going: out like a squib.'’—Mr. G. C. Munns, United. LIBERAL C<~>.VsLST:-:N'.'Y “The only conspicuous thing about the Liberal Party has been its consistency in voting with Reform against Labour," declared Mr. W; E. Parry in the Trades Hall last evening. MR. STERLING AGAIN “Jack’s as good as his master, and if Mr. Sterling can the gap to secure his superannuation, then other employees of the Railway Service should be in the same position,” said Mr. G. C. Munns at Dominion Road

•AGIN ANY GOVERNMENT” Mr. Bartram declares that he is •agin any Government” that may be hostile to Labour. “I would vote with any party to put Reform out,” he said. A Voice: Joey Ward’s mob can’t be so bad after all. « * IN VEX TED. NOT BORN The United Party was invented by Mr. Davey when he lost his job with the Reform Party.—Mr. Frank Adeane (Reform), at the Britannia Theatre, Ponsonby, last evening. * # * UNITED LEADERSHIP “To me it is a remarkable thing that Sir Joseph Ward permitted himself to be used by a party for its own ends,” said Mr. W. E. Parry in the Labour Hall last evening. “They have put him up as their leader only because of his name and popularity in the country- I know members of the United Party who have no time for him.” * * « ORAKEI MODEL PA “Would the candidate be in favour of advancing money from the State Advances “Office for residences for the rich people who bought sections at Orakei model pa?” a questioner asked Mr. G. C. Munns, United candidate for Roskill.

I Tlie Candidate: Absolutely no. If , they can pay i 1,500 for a section they can find their own money for houses. The Questioner: Good- I hope they have to live in tents. HI-- OtV.V CONDITIONS "When Labour criticised the immi- ■ grution policy Reform said we were | doing it for our own political purI poses ” said Mr. W. E. Parry. speak- ! ing at the Trades Hall last evening. "When we referred to unemployment, the same statement was made. I It’s easy to fight if one can make one's I own conditions. I would tackle Tom Keeney that way. I would say. no hitting below the belt.’ and then tie my belt round my forehead." tLaugh* tet.) . » » WHAT DID YOU DO? •‘What did you do in the ‘big stunt?’ —This question, put to Mr. J. S. Fletcher from a persistent interjeetor at his Grey Lynn meeting, last evening, caused an uproar. Cross-questions of “What did Bar tram do?' “Throw him out,” "Not fair,” etc., held the attention of the audience for nearly five minutes. Loud and prolonged applause greeted the candidate when he explained that he had offered his services within two days of the start of hostilities and had been turnc-d down five times for health reasons. * * =* QUITE FRIENDLY

At Mr. Frank Adeane’s meeting at the Britannia Theatre, Ponsonby, last evening, and elderly woman of stern mien rose to ask a question. Disorder greeted her attempt. Turning her back to the stage she faced the crowd and withered her tormentors with a stare. Then, turning to the speaker, she said she was “a friendly society,” and asked a question regarding the Government entering into competition with friendly societies. 9 9 9 A BROKEN' LAW

“What about Mr. Sterlings salary—that miserable pittance of £ 3,100 a year, and the pension?” asked a questioner at Mr. W. E. Parry’s meeting in the Trades Hall last evening. “I think he will manage to live on it.” replied the Labour candidate for Auckland Central, in the same strain of sarcasm- “I was opposed to it and to the way the appointment was made. The law of the country was broken and the Labour Party made a protest against TOO MUCH. BROTHER

Having noticed that, during question time, the candidate was more often than not prompted by his chairman, an interjector asked Mr. Bartram whether he or Councillor Phelan was candidate for Grey Lynn. Mr. Phelan: I have not attempted to answer one question. A Voice: I suppose the council is enough for you? Mr. Phelan (wearily): Too much, brother, too much. • • • SUBSTANCE AN'D SHADOW Political shadow-chasing is as old as the game of politics itself. But the determination of where lies the substance and where flits the elusive shadow still befogs the minds of

electors. Mr. J. B. Donald, United Party candidate in Auckland East, endeavoured to explain last evening. “Mr.* Coates says our party is a shadow.” he said. "Yet he devotes an hour and a-half to chasing this shadow. I believe that coming events cast their shadows before, and in a short while the shadow will be transformed into the substance, and the Coates’ substance will become the shadow.” So now the electors know!