ANOTHER WILD. SCENE-

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 6

ANOTHER WILD. SCENE-

AT A PROHIBITION MEETING. At Lower Hutt last evening anothei lively open-air meeting was held in ths interests of No-License. Tho first si. v;er (Mr. Badger), after dealing with Masterlon, was asked what he would do for a living when National Prohibition was carried. In answer, Mr. Badger _ said: "There is ail individual here with a weal; voice and an ape's face." n'oar.) A voice: "Don't insinuate." Mr. Badger: "lis not an insinuationj il's a fact." (More uproar, and a voice: "Come into tho paddock, and we'll soon see who's the ape!" Prolonged uproar.) Tho next speaker was the Itev. Mr. Knowlos Smith, who got a hearing at first, but sustained howls occurred when ho was half-wa.v through. The crowd then closed round the speaker, but soon dispersed as a broadside of eggs fell among them. Tho speakers then moved up tho road to safer quarters, and Mr. Smith finished with a good hearing. The last speaker (Rev. A. G. Reamer) was subjected (0 a good deal of mild heckling, principally from a section oi small boys; and, whilii answering questions, one man made a certain allusion to Archbishop Redwood, which caused u very protiouncod uproar. Mr. Seanier, apparently by way of reply, slated that ho was not tliero to discuss Archbishop Redwood, but ho would say that, if Dominion Prohibition was carried, it would not bo unlawful to admit alcoholic liquor under the four specified headings. (Loud cheers.)

Mr. Bridger, a local resident, tlion addressed the gathering, and appealed to all to strilcc out (lie bottom lines, and not bind themselves down to a certain party. (Prolonged cheer.-.) The speaker wont on to state thai lie was wiihor n Prohibitionist nor a drunkard, lint, as a moderate, he wanted to •■oe the best ' i itlo suburb in the world (T T _utt) ahead. (Loud cheers.) The families of the various hoMs vvr" mo't lvsprelnb'e people. (Cheers.) Torchlights had Iwn "iven by the Nn-T ic-nsc psrtv. but he we'd give a torchlight for Thursday—''-'trVo out the two )y,i;n!!> lii>».e,"_ ( T oiul applause and continuous eh^erino;.) In reply lo (he speaker. Mr. Ke.r-or stated tiiat the argui<""tt }n«(' mr>de had been mainly for .C s. d.. and pot fo- fhe work done by the "tr?'le." Wnon Vi. Seamer essayed to continue, n numlpr nf small boys became unruly, and th« bos on which he stood was rushed, and C'e speaker knocked off it. l Tn nn'ckly mounted, however, <\ cordon «f la-i'V then formed round it. and the speiVov finished his remarks without further trouble. At the close of (he meeting, elisors for b-.ith sides were given alternately,