MR MEADE’S ADDRESS

Evening Star, Issue 23083, 8 October 1938, Page 10

MR MEADE’S ADDRESS

TO THE EDITOK Sir, —It will be agreed by all those who attended Mr Meade’s capacityhquse meeting at Kensington on Thursday evening that the electors of Dunedin Central have, in him, a speaker of exceptional merit. 1 have had the pleasure of listening to several of his addresses, and it is perfectly clear that he goes on from success to success, even although his opponents aie now very definitely organising “ gangs ” to attend—these people always located at tins rear of the hall—in an endeavour to offset this progress. From by observations, some of the two dozen Labour supporters were to be found at Mr Aderman’s meeting in St. Kilda earlier in the week, and in both cases, practically the same type of question was submitted.

One always looks for a number of intelligent questions at the conclusion of these addresses, and I do think that some of these do “ top off ” a meeting; but when question time is practically monopolised by members of the same Labour union—in this case the A.S.R.S. union was quoted—with opposite views, who, arguing and firing questions at one another as to the principles involved in the control or operation of their union, then I do think it is time to call a halt.

To my way of thinking these people could very well settle their differences at their , own regular union meetings and not take advantage of_ a public meeting to air their respective views. As I understand it, this particular meeting whs arranged, and an address given by Mr Meade. However, to a few of the rear of hall group, one would have thought that, at question time at least, the meeting was for an en tirely different purpose. I am not either a “ mother or father of 10.” but merely a common garden clerical worker. —I am, etc. Meade fob Me. October 7.