A WOMAN ALONE.
CONDEMNS LABOUR ÜBAPERS
"VIEWS TOO EXTREME." (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Mrs. Margaret Young, Independent Laour candidate for Wellington central, told a meeting of women to-day.that the soooner the present leaders of the Labour party were out of the country the better it would be.
"I have always been up against the lieada of the Labour party," she said, "i saw a chance for Wellington Central and I decided to stand." lier husband has started the Labour movement 25 years ago in New Zealand. He had always been loyal to the party, but had not been fairly treated. "My nomination came as news to him," she remarked. "Things are not altogether pleasant between us. Perhaps I will be able to convince him in the end that what I am doing is right." The Labour leaders, she declared, would bind one hand and foot. She was really working alone and was doing the best she could for humanity. "I am not following Messrs. Holland, Fraser and Semple. Their views are too extreme," concluded Mrs. Young. The candidate was asked how she would vote if a question affecting Labour arose in the House. She replied she would not vote with Mr. Holland on anything. She did not intend to be moulded by him.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 13
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