UPROARIOUS MEETING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 504, 6 November 1928, Page 13

UPROARIOUS MEETING

MRS. W. T. YOUNG OPENS CAMPAIGN

man FALLS THROUGH WINDOW

Press Association WELLINGTON, Monday. Mrs. W. T. Young, Independent Labour candidate for Wellington Central, whose last-minute nomination was the surprise of Wellington, had a very mixed reception when she spoke tonight in a packed hall. Mrs. Young had got as far as the assertion that "the heads of the Labour Party are never going to Improve Xew Zealand." when she was subjected to heckling of disorderly nature. Not to be deflected from her argument Mrs. Y'oung continued: “The heads of the Labour movement In New Zealand are only going to Improve themselves in their own positions. They are worse than a secret society and their vendetta travels far and wide. You never know when you may get a stab in the back.” A Voice: Waihi. Mrs. Young: You will hear all about Waihi soon enough. (Further uproar.) You people have been in bondage long enough. A Heckler: What about the Hindus? Mrs. Young: They have as much right to live as you have. (Loud applause.) At this stage a woman in the body of the hall rose and appealed for a fair hearing for the,candidate. Her injunction. "Be men." was met with further uproar and cries of "Come on, wake up." SHATTERING GLASS Mrs. Young was about to resume when there was a loud shattering of glass. After a man who had fallen through a window' had been assisted to his feet, tho candidate again made herself heard. "Tho Waihi strike was engineered by Semple and Holland—the famous Holland," she said. “They wanted to get in the public eye. There was no other way of doing it than by having a strike. They had to ask the engineers to come in with the Miners’ Union. The engineers refused to do it so the miners came out at the instigation of these ‘two great men.’ It was not a strike for the betterment of the men. but to advance Holland and Semple. Mr. Young had more sense than any of the others.” (Uproar.) , A Heckler: You have turned him down. Mrs.. Young (warmly) : I have not. I think he has been foolish to be loyal to a party that comes between man and wife. (Applause.) They don’t care whether they break up homes. If you don’t do as the leaders tell you you have got to be punished for all time. CRACKER EXPLODES Later, a cracker which was thrown through a window, exploded with a loud bang. -Mrs. Young claimed that she was entitled to the support of the electors if only because of her pluck. Threo cheers were called for Mrs. Young, and these were heartily responded to. A call for cheers for -Mr. Fraser met with a mixed reception, and a call for similar honours for Hr. H. C. Holland produced one solitary cheer.