DOMINION NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 14 November 1928, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

MRS YOUNG RAISES THE WIND. WELLINGTON, November 13. Mrs Young’s candidature for Wellington Central, already the most conspicuous and most-talked-of event in the local political campaign, has added another novelty to the history of politics in New Zealand. Last night she spoke at the Town Hall, and charged two shillings and one shilling admission. Notwithstanding the weather wag bitterly cold and wet, the building was crowded, and so the ladv at one stroke obtains sufficient money for her expenses, and sets up a precedent no lady ever appears to have thought of before, at any rate, in Wellington. Mrs Young called on the Mayor this morning, and advised him that she proposed to devote half the proceeds of her meeting at the Town Hall last night, to Wellington charities, to be nominated by him. The Mayor has agreed to nominate the charities in accordance with Mrs Young’s wishes. The amount to be made available is understood to be in the vicinity of £lOO.