TWO ARRESTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 17

TWO ARRESTS

NOISY ELEMENT FIRM POLICE ACTION i . V MR. DODD'S ADDRESS DANGER OF SOCIALISM Two men wero arrested last night by constables at the election meeting held by Mr. C. 11. Dodd, National candidate for Auckland Central, at the Grafton Library. The men had played a prominent part in obstructing the speaker, and the firm action taken by the police had a salutary effect upon the rowdy' section of Labour sympathisers, about 100 of whom walked out with the arrested men. Their places were quickly filled by some of the open-air section of the audience outside the building. There were about 200 present, and an overflow of about 300 outside. The meeting opened with cheers and counter-cheers, and Mr. J. B. Donald, the chairman, promptly warned those inclined to be noisy that he was intent upon Mr. Dodd having a fair hearing. Empty Seats Promptly Taken During the next 20 minutes, while Mr. Dodd was affirming the principles of the National Party, interruptions were frequent, and at length Mr. Donald asked one of the constables to eject a man. While the man was being hustled from the hall, another attempted to demonstrate, «nd he was .similarly dealt-with.

The Labour supporters took their cue from the meeting of Mr. D. Pool at Kingsland the night before, but seemed a trifle nonplussed when their places

were taken by some of those who had waited outside. ~ •[[ Y There were a few desultory attempts on tho part of the . Labour element in the street to raise a curtain of noise to submerge the speaker's voice, but with negligible result. , The remainder of Air. Dodd s speech passed almost' without interruption. Ho gave a critical analysis of the Labour Government's policy, particularly in relation to the lack of freedom it gave to the individual, aud the poverty of the State > housings scheme,^which did not, he said, give young people the opportunity of owning their own homes. He emphasised thac the social security scheme could not hope to succeed if it were run to plan. Vote of Confidence

The speaker told the audience pf the many inherent dangers in the socialistic policy of the Labour Party, tho prospect of high taxation and high living costs, and. compared that policy with the National Party policy, which, he said, made for a-~sound basis or living and . commonscnse in the administration of the Dominion. Mr. Dodd was roundly applauded at the close of his address, and a vote of confidence in him and in tho Adam Hamilton, leader of the party, was passed. A motion of no-confidence found support in only three or four voices. The candidate met with a mixed reception as he left the hall, but a cordon of police kept the crowd in order.

13 POLICE PRESENT ADDRESS ENDS IN DIISORDER STORMY WELLINGTON MEETING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] , WELLINGTON, Tuesday Thirteen policemen were stationed along the aisles when Mr. W. L. Barker, National candidate for Wellington East, addressed a crowded audience in the Capitol Theatre at Mitamar to-night. Many people were unable to gain admission. The front row was occupied by about 20 farmers from the Waikato. Mr. Barker was given a mixed reception. He was heckled almost throughout his address and _at one stage, when he declared tha,t State houses were for the most part birth control barracks," his voice was drowned in the dip. One man was put out and the meeting ended in disorder. PROSPECTS FOR PEOPLE CONTINUED LABOUR RULE [BT TELEGRAPH—PREOB ASSOCIATION] DTJNEDIN. Tuesday Tho Minister of Education, the Hon. P Fraser, addressed an audience of about 1000 people in tho Town Hall this evening. The Mayor, Mr. A. H. Allen, presided. ~ - In the two hours for which Mr. Fraser spoke be defended the Government's social security scheme and made a vigorous attack on the National Party's attitude to the plan. The Minister also criticised the past Government's policy and painted a glowing picture of what the people or New Zealand could expect under a continuance of Labour rule compared with what would be their plight if the Government were defeated. The meeting was uneventful throughout and after the Minister had been talking for an hour there were periodio withdrawals from the hall.