HECKLERS BUSY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 264, 7 November 1935, Page 11

HECKLERS BUSY.

GOOD-NATURED BOUTS.

SIDE-TRACKERS' FAILURE

MR. BURTON'S CAMPAIGN. Mr. H. P. Burton, National Government candidate for Auckland East, had persistent but good-natured interruptions throughout his meeting in the Parnell Library last evening. The hall was filled. Mr. C. A. Herman presided. When speaking on unemployment the candidate mentioned that every boot factory in Auckland was working overtime. ""I can say without hesitation that our local boot factories can make an article equal to the. best imported/' he declared. A Voice: Yes, out they can't make good politicians. Mr. Burton: I often wonder why some of you chaps don't have a go at it then? The Same Voice: There are too many mugs there already. Later, when an interrupter referred to Mr. Coates as "Coates," Mr. Burton told him that he would show some breeding if he called him "Mr. Coates." "I would call him a lot of other things if this tall joker in blue was not here,"" said the man, referring to Parncll's tallest constable who was in the hall. "Ah, you only want a good loaf," said another heckler when Mr. Burton said he was in favour of a five-year Parliament. "Are you in favour of the Government reducing the beer duty, thus presenting wealthy brewers with more money, and are you in favour of capital punishment''" was a dual question put to Mr. Burton. "I know nothing about beer and my answer to the second question is that I think capital punishment is unfortunately necessary," said Mr. Burton. Mr. Burton told his interrupters that he was not going to be side-tracked. "I'm going to tell my story," he said, "no matter what you chaps at the back have to say —" A Voice: It will be a fairy story, Mr Burton. "The trouble with you men is that you can only see one side of the story," said the speaker. (Applause.) •Mr. Burton was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence, carried with only a few dissentients.