THE WRONG MEETING.
WOMAN SPEAKER'S MISTAKE.
The story of a, woman speaker who addressed a Wesleyan Church meeting on " Family Alkwances " under the impression that, she was speaking to a. meeting of the local Socialist Party is revealed at West Moor, Newcastle. The Socialist meeting was held in the Co-operative Hall, which is just across the- road from the Wesleyan Church hall, where a number of women members had gathered for their meeting. The speaker mistook the church hall for the Co-operative building, and walked inside, where the Wesleyan women, who were evidently expecting a speaker, were waiting. The' speaker inquired what was the method of procedure, and on being told, duly announced a. hymn and offered prayer. Then F&e began her speech. She noticed that several familiar faces were missing, and had a, feeling of " strangeness," but she stuck to her task of propounding the Socialist view of allowances for the family. It was not till later in the afternoon that she discovered her mistake. She immediately went across the road, where the Socialist women were concerned about her non-appearance. Explanations were made, and the opinion was laughingly expressed that the -first speech might have been a useful piece of propaganda,,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20520, 22 March 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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202THE WRONG MEETING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20520, 22 March 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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