POLITICS IN CHRISTCHURCH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2644, 11 July 1887, Page 2

POLITICS IN CHRISTCHURCH.

The Christchurch correspondent of tiip Evening" Press telegraphs as follows under the date of Saturday last:-A political meeting of an unique -character was held at jhe Theatre Royal-on Thursday nipt The building ' was crowded, about 1500' persons' 'being present. The attraction was r -the speech to .he delivered by Mr A. T. K. Wansey, who was formerly defeated for the Stanmore electorate',- and who is now a • candidate for-4he Linwood district. Some time ago Mr Wansey addressed a meeting in the Stanmore electorate, when his speech was of a most amusing character. He was so struck ■ with the success of that meeting, and . with his own power of entertaining an i audience, that ho resolved to give tlio peoplo of Christchurch a treat. His meeting on'■• Thursday night was looked forward to with considerable) interest, as it was supposed that the proceedings would be of a diverse character. For some time past small bags of flour, and eggs of a .. not very odorous kind have been put by. When Mr Wansey took possession of' tlio platform on Thursday night there was no chairman prcKN& eventually achairmanwas the audience, and went on to the platform. ' No sooner had he made his appearance than a rival presented liorself to contest with the chairman the honor of presiding over tho meeting ; His rival was no other than the famous Jessio Weston, a well, known member of tho tot monde 'in Dunedin and Christchurch for years. Sho was very neatly dressed, and her affectations of modesty produced roars of laughter , from the audience. Her appeararice 1 was ,greeted witli-a-shower of flour " bags, bad rats, peas and other marks r of attention from " tho audieuco. This .caused her to retire' temporally from the. ' stage, but she very speedily camo' back again, and the scone of disorder continued. ■' Eventually the attentions of • the .audience became too much for. . bashful-Jessie, and .sho left the stage , in disgust, evidently thinking very ■ little of tho political crisis, which she and Wansey had intended to remove. After th'it Wansey continued to hold forth: to'.tlie multitude for about an lutoj,• He took advantage of the absenfJW \ the lady to discuss a subject which he; thought would be out of place to , refer to while she was on the. stage. , He expressed himself strongly in favor of the in Christchurch of tho CointagiousDiseases Act. Dead .rats and floor bags still remained in 'great . demand, and the proceedings during j the evening were diversified by musical interludes from bugles, &o. .