AUCKLAND MAYORAL ELECTION

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIV, Issue 25, 19 April 1912, Page 8

AUCKLAND MAYORAL ELECTION

—» : * I [Press Association.] \ AUCKLAND, This Day. The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr) yesterday afternoon addressed a meeting of | members of the Tramways Union, which is one of the unions affiliated with the Federation of Labour. Mr. Farrelly, of the Tramways Union, was'voted to the chair. He said that although they might differ from Mr. Parr they should give him a fair hearing. The Mavor said he was not afraid to face the people, because he had nothing in his record to be ashamed or. Here Mr. Parr was interrupted by Mr. Paul Richardson, president of the union, who insisted on questioning the Mayor before he went further. ' Mr. Parr: Mr. Richardson, you are president of a union, and know that the procedure is to allow a speaker to finish his remarks before questions are put. Mr Richardson.: I want to question you now. There will be no time for questions— A bystander: Oh! shut up. Give the Mayor a chance. The Mayor then proceeded to explain the position of the council in regard to the labour question. He said he was being blamed for the action of a conference of 43 delegates of local bodies. He was no more to blame than his friend Mr. Richardson would be if his union, almost unanimously, resolved on a certain course of action. Amidst considerable interruption, the Mayor proceeded and finished his remarks. The meeting closed with cheers for Mr. Parr and Mr. Skelton.