ADDRESS BY MR. YOUNG.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1310, 13 December 1911, Page 8

ADDRESS BY MR. YOUNG.

AND SOME POINTED HECKLING. When Mr. Mooro had departed from Karon ,for. Seatoun last evening (in a motor-car). Mr. W. T.. Young, wok his place, and spoko in his behalf. He was not a candidate, but it is seldom that a candidate is "heckled" as Mr..Young was heckled last night. His auditors were seldom noisy, but they were sceptical, and alert to .an unwonted degree. Among thehi they kept up a running fire of pointed interjections, which proved their, well versed in tho political questions.of the day. ..". . " ...'. . Mr. "Young struck his first trouble nf importance when, ho said that it tea Massey party had had its way,'. e urinal Old" Ago. Pensions Act -would never have reached tho Statute Book. At this there were cries of "Rot!' "What year?' and "Massey was not there." ' ' "T say tho Massey party," said Mr. Young. "Sir William Russell was in charge of it then." He went on to say that when a proposal was made to increase the pension, the first thing Mr. Massey did was to move to report progress. A voice: "I suppose the, Bill was brought down late in the morning." Mr. Young declared that if this party (the Reform party) got- into • power again An elector: "They won't buy any more Dreadnoughts!" Mr. Young asserted that in this matter the Massey party were just as bad as tho Ward party. Cries of "Oh! Oh!" and "They wero committed before they knew anything about it." Mr.' Young said that when the matter was before Parliament, Mr. M'Laren could not get' oeo other member to vote with him against the gift. "Too lato then," said several voices. Mr. Young persevered.' with the subject for some time,_ but did not seem to at all impress his hearers. At one stage they cordially endorsed a statement that it was unconstitutional for Cabinet to make a gift in this way without consulting Parliament. "Tell us about the baronetcy now," urged his hearers as Mr. Young dropped tho subject of the Dreadnought, but ho insisted instead upon talking about the proposals of the Reform party in regard to land. Mr. Young also refused an invitation to tell his hearers about "the meeting last Sunday at Sir Joseph Ward's residence." Ho said he didn't know, anything about it, and didn't believe his questioners did. No greater success attended Mr. Young's efforts when he read the share list of The Dominion*. As he read name after name thero were interjections of "A good man. anyway," and "Well, I've got a couple of shares!" "I wish I was his son," and ,"He is a good man, too," were other remarks that interrupted the further reading of the share list. "All, prepared to pay their money for the good of the country," was the concluding verdict of tho assemblage. "Give us the 'Times' now and then the Tost,'" Mr. Young was urged. He resisted, though the invitation was pressingly repeated, and a rear of laughter went lip when he said _he would "give them the 'Times' next time." Mr. Young dealt with many subjects under a similar fire of interjections, and eventually was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.