Mrs Young’s Bombshell.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10744, 15 November 1928, Page 7

Mrs Young’s Bombshell.

EXPLODES AFTER ALL. THE POLITICAL CHAMELEON. SEMPLE—TJ2S AND 1912. In view of what" we print below (says the H.B. Herald) it is amusing lo consider that the press throughoutNew Zealand, on November 9, was persuaded to publish an explanation that Mrs. Young, a Labor candidate for Wellington Central, had been wrong when she stated that Mr. R. Semp.e and Mr. H. E Holland were in New Zealand when the Waihi strike was engineered. But Mr. Semple was: in Waihi when the strike was on; To what effect, the following report will show; — Message from Waihi, 30/10/12: — “Messrs. W-'bb and Semple arrived here to-night. They were met at the station by a crowd of strikers and women. Bo tfi were cheered. At the Union Hall, Mr. Semple, addressing the crowd, congratulated the strikers on the fight they were' making. Ho denounced the Government, press, and police. Mr. Webb also made a brief address. He stated that the Australian workers were with them in the; fight.” Just at that time, Mr. Webb was elected president, and Mr. Semple was organiser, of the ’ New Zealanl Federation of Labor. “Waihi, November 1, 1912-; Messrs. Webb and Semple addressed a big meeting at the King’s Theatre last night. The building was- well picketed. Mr. Webb, dealing with the Trades Councils of New Zealand and New South Wales, said such councils wore organisations of ‘scabbery.’ The Federation would fight on aud on till 'victory was theirs. The; speaker said he wished he had about tan editors of the "lying institutions’ of New Zealand on the platform. Ho referred to Mr. Massey as ‘Boseo Bill,’ and the Commissioner of Police as "Tho Miserable Creature iat the head of the police.’ The speaker attacked the industrial workers of Auckland, who had not contributed anything towards the Waihi trouble, and also attacked in turn. the ‘professional wowsers,’ trades and labor councils, the ‘Voice of Labor, , and Professor Mills'. Not only were the strikers ready to go to gaol, but they would go to the scaffold before they were defeated. When the':, authorities had gaoled .all ;the men-j the. women would carry on the fight.