EJECTED FROM TOWN HALL

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 6

EJECTED FROM TOWN HALL

AT MB TVTASSETS MEETING. WANTED TO PRESENT A PETITTOX.

"lie waited his opportunity, but lie touk Uve or tix opportuaitiee,' swted a civiliau witnetio giving evijenoe in a. iclioruc, betcir,- Mr. K. J'age, SAL, this mornin?, against W. A. that on April -J.l hi? disturbed the Kt. lion. A\'. F. .Wuajey'a [>olitica.l uu»eung in th« Town Hall. '!')»! witness sai.l lie knew defendant quite well pcrsoimjly, and ttuit. he was a very reupecuthle man, but a man with a. frrievanee who liail l>een on botU sides of < 'unstable Hammond and Sergeant ;O : i; r ,uly .-lated lhat dvfemlailt ttjo sev- | oral lime.- witnipd by tilii ushers, auj. li« ev<>niuallv up on hb- wat and made wiinr: with the result th-at )i<- was pin nut. Hi.s conduct in standiiifT on the f<>at distraA'ted the attention of the audience and <wju.sf,l oilhtb to itand on the .«<*a.t>. To .Mr. Vullanue (for defendant I, the ■witnej-x-s Ktated that they could not oatch the words sJiid by defendant on the kict opporfunity lie had of tsla-ndins up. ] ■J'liey did n ot. know if it was. " Mr. Chairman, thore is J !ady he.re who wants a jM|tiare deal.' , 'Die serjreant tlioufriit Mr. I iMatistfy was on the naval quesI tion at the time. Defendant <li,l not appoar. and >fr. Vallance stated i n his rwhaif that lie (counsel) could not cay that defendant's aotions oonKtituted an ofl'encf" of disturbj in<r ihe meeting dfiiberatv!y. There was j a lady eittin? defendant at the meetinj; who had a petiticm i n h<?r hand, hin could not make herself 'heard. Dej felidont look lh<. petition, and stood up •on -the seat and trifd u> attract, the I ohainn-.<.n'.< aitfntion in order that the | petition miirlit ho Imndfd up for the Jady. | Th«> nerves of the nes-ber*. no doubt, were j f-o tiiu-o at the time that 'everything j was K>oke4 nn at the moment &£ a deliberate int-erruptkm. and Mr. Spurell was : hu.-tled wit of the m?etin<r -nitihout pet|tin<r any opportunity to "-splain. His Worship said lh.it if defendant ! had a he liail chosen a wrong i occasion to nir ii. and the rceuH ivae I lhat he actually di<i disturb and upset J Hie moflinp. \rliether or nor he intended to do so. n> -vioiil.l be fined 20/ and 13/ cost?.