TUMULTUOUS MEETING.
PREMIER AT CHRISTCHURCH HALL DANGEROUSLY PACKED. CROWD FORCES THE DOORS. BUILDING A SEETHING MASS. MR, MASSEY ABANDONS SPEECH. [BX TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. In response to the request of the Mavor of Christchurch, Dr. H. T. J. Thacker, M.P., the Prime Minister, Mr. W. F. Massey, arrived in Christchurch this evening with the intention of delivering a political address in the Coliseum. One of the largest halls in the city, this building can safely accommodate about 4000 persons. The meeting -was to commence at 8 o'clock, and it was advertised that ladies with escorts would be given the privilege of admittance. By 7 o'clock the ordinary seating accommodation of the Coliseum was occupied' and the doors were closed. For the next hour queues were heavily congested, and there began an insistent clamour for admittance. Mr. Massey with the Mayor and others arrived at 7.45 p.m., the Prime Minister being received with cheers and counterdemonstrations both from inside and outside. The Coliseum entrance facing Gloucester Street was the scene of great excitement by 7.30 o'clock with men struggling to approach the doors, and scores of people ventilating personal grievances or political convictions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17335, 5 December 1919, Page 6
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