FIGHT IN AUBURN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 135, 9 June 1932, Page 7

FIGHT IN AUBURN.

VIOLENCE INFUSED. Cowardly Assault on Coleman Supporters. ARMS MAY BE CARRIED. (United l'.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A lorry containing a number of workers, on behalf of Mr. P. E. Coleman, Federal Labour candidate for Auburn, was waylaid by a gang of men at Auburn last night and attacked. One man was admitted to hospital. Mr. Coleman's supporters, who were greatly outnumbered, were dragged to the roadway, and beaten and kicked. Mr. Coleman, who is opposing Mr. Lang in Auburn, later stated that if these tactics wcrt adopted by the opposition he would arm his men. Nowhere is the contest more strenuous or tli o fight more bitter than in the constituency of the ox-Premier, Mr. J. T. Lang. There arc live candidates. Mr. Lang, Mr. P. 12. Coleman (Federal Labour), Mr. I'. .1. Wiikins (United Australia), Mr. ■f. A. J. McLennan (Independent), and Mr. L. L. Sharkey (Communist). Mr. Coleman lias a strong following on account of Iti<s previous political services in the Federal House, when Auburn was part of his territory. There have been many vitriolic exchanges in the various speeches by the candidates, the rift between Federal Labour and the Lang planners being characterised by the utmost abuse. With the exception of an attack on the Coininunint candidate last week, when lie was carried from the "soap box" dining all address at Aubiirn ami thrown into the muddy Duck Creek, however, there has been no personal violence reported so far. Latest exchanges from Sydney indicate that Mr. Coleman's chances of creating a sensation by defeating the exPremier arc quite bright.

MR. BAVIN RETURNS. EX-PREMIER'S HEALTH. SYDNEY, June 8. Mr. T. R. Bavin, formerly Leader of the New South Wales Opposition, returned to Sydney to-day by the Otranto. He has been on a health trip to England and has thoroughly recuperated.

NEW GOVERNOR. EN ROUTE TO QUEENSLAND. SYDNEY, June 8. The Governor-designate of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson, with Lady Wilson and their daughter, arrived at Sydney to-day by the, Otranto, en route to Brisbane. They were cordially welcomed by the Quecnslanders' Association.

PREPARATORY WORK.

GETTING READY FOR OTTAWA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, June S. Gbod progress is being made in the preparatory work for the Ottawa Conference through the organisation, among the Ministers and in the Departments concerned, which was set up in the autumn and which Mr. Thomas stated in the House of Commons has been continuously at work. The Ministers and the Departments conecrned, lie added, had been in close touch, with representative organisations and with representatives of numerous trades since the beginning of May. They had the advantage of advice and assistance of industrial experts who would accompany the United Kingdom delegation to Ottawa, and who were being constantly consulted on matters affecting trade interests. Generally preliminary discussions liad been taking placo with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia and also with. India.

STRAIGHT TALK. MINISTER AND BUSINESS. (Kcceived 1 p.m.) OTTAWA, June 8. A warning that business must play its part in restoring prosperity or hand industry over to the Government, was given by Mr. H. H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce, addressing the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. With the world's work at a standstill and the leaders of industry in helpless despair demanding that the Government find a way out, why not find markets themselves rather than lean on the Governments to pull them out of a hole?

DEATH OF "JIX."

VISCOUNT BRENTFORD PASSES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 8. The death is announced of Viscount Brentford, former Minister in the Baldwin Cabinet. Lord Brentford, who, as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, was Home Secretary in an earlier Government, died as the result of congestion of the lungs in his London home. Ho was a devout churchman and took a keen interest in philanthropic and social work.

Noted for many reasons—not the least being his defeat of Mr. Winston Churchill in Manchester in the 1908 elections —Viscount Brentford was born plain Henry Hicks, of Bexhill. Ho married a wealthy heiress named Joynson, and attached her name to his own. Ho received a baronetcy in 1919, became Minister of Home Affairs in his second Ministry, and in 1929 was given a viscounty. As Sir William Joynson-Hicks he was regarded as an authority on such questions as prayerbook revision, modern transport problems and prison reform. His was an impulsive nature, and lie frequently said more than liis chiefs had intended.

SEARCHLIGHT TATTOO

i SIGHT FOR BRITISH CHILDREN. i ! RUGBY, June 8. Princess Elizabeth and 50.000 other children yesterday watched a full dress rehearsal at Aldershot ol the thrilling display to be given by the Army at Ijhe annual searchlight tattoo.