MR SEDDON IN AUCKLAND.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8177, 18 March 1905, Page 2

MR SEDDON IN AUCKLAND.

EXCITING SCENE AT A MEETIN/&

A telegram on Thursday stated that, Mr Wm. Richardson had begun' an action for assault against several prominent gentlemen as a result of treatment received at Mr Seddon's meeting in Auckland on Wednesday evening. The scene that occurred at the conclusion of the meeting is reported by the Auckland Star as follows :—

As Mr Seddon resumed his seat' after a long and tiring speech, Mr W. Coleman mounted the platform to move a vote of thanks and confidence. i> Simultaneously several other persons dashed up the stairway, and the presence among them of Mr Wm. Richardson showed that a storm was brewing. The incident was the first act in a general uproar. A crowd of men pushed from all parts of the hall toward the front of the platform — men mainly of the ages of from 20 to 30. At the back of the hall the audience in a mass stood on chairs, craning forward to see what was happening. Mr Coleman, under difficulty, moved : "That this meeting thanks the Right Hon. the Premier for his address, and expresses unabated confidence in the present Government."

Loud cheers, mingled with faintly-heard hooting, followed. Mr P. J. Nerheny, President of the Auckland Liberal and Labor Federation, seconded from the floor of the hall.

An Oppositionist near the foot of the platform endeavored unsuccessfully to gain a hearing. The storm broke when M* Richardson, who for a brief spell had been silent, advanced to the front of the platform with papers in hand as if to speak. The Mayor promptly spoke to him, and he was observed to retire or be drawn to the rear, amid alternate hooting and cheering. Half, way down the steps he turned and again approached the front. The Chairman then informed him that he was about to put the motion in the ordinary way, after which an amendment could be moved. He asked Mr Richardson to stand back. Mr Richardson declined to do so, saying something about having a right to be there, whereupon Mr Mitchelson exercised his authority, as chairman, and pushed Mr Richardson otf the platform. incensed his sympathisers, and they rushed to his assistance, .only to be met at the foot of the stairs by a party of others who took the opposite side. A tussle ensued on the stairs.

; Then the police closed in, Inspector Cullen and a constable forcing their way to the staircase, and Mr Richardson was led, without violence, from the platform. The hooting was deafening. After a spell of disorder there was a new outburst of cheering, and Mr Richardson, whose white coat made him conspicious, was seen tq have been released from the hands of the police and to be coming to the front again unhindered! . The Mayor handed him a glass of water, and calling upon the audience for order, announced that Mr Richardson was perfectly in order in moving &n amendment. Mr Richardson started to move his amendment. "Ladies," he shouted, and instantly there was a roar of groans and bqoing. Solitary wprds from the speaker then alternated with roars of disapproval from the audience, which by this time had advanced in a body to the front of the hall, and was packed closely around the platform. The noise ■ sudsided and gave place to humorous bantering of the speaker, while he arranged with a supporter to second the amendment. The Mayor came forward and announced that he would put the amendment, "and we'll go home quietly," but the crowd renewed the din, in spite of which the Mayor proceeded to shout the wording from the platform. What could belieanl was: "That the Premier, having refused to answer questions, thereby displaying an amount of cowardice unworthy of a man in his position, and the persistent manner in which he refused to the North Island a fair share of public expenditure although he received the support of the Auckland members', showed that he was hostile to the Auckland end of the colqny. arid was therefpre umvprthy of confidence."

Nothing more of the amendment could bo heard, but a man near the platform waved his arms wildly to atract attention, and signified that he seconded it. The amendment was put to the meeting and rejected with a chorus of hoots and yells, and the resolution of confidence in the Premier carried amid lpud cheers mixed with yells of disapproval. Mr Seddon, who had been a silent spectator of the disorderly scones, came to tho front of, the platform, and waiting until his supporters had enthusiastically sung "For i.c's a Jplly Good Fellow," said, "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I shall come again." He called for three cheers for the Mayor, a compliment which was quickly and heartily paid, and Mr Seddon, who succeeded best of any of the claimants for attention in getting a hearing, led the audience with his stentorian voice in the familiar refrain of "Auld Lang Syne."

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