ADDRESS BY SIR ROBERT STOUT
Christchurch, April 2. Sir Robert Stout addressed a public meeting to-night at the Opera House on “ Democracy, its Dangers and Safeguards.” There was a large attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mr G. T. Booth. The speech was much on the lines of Sir R. Stout s recent address in Wellington.
A correspondent telegraphs us that the meeting was large, but dull to a degree, no enthusiasm, no life. It consisted of a string of platitudes, each one containing a thinly-veiled attack on the Government, and-fell very flat. On the subject of old age pensions he committed himself to a voluntary scheme, under which the pensioners could only get back their own money, and on the unemployed question his views were entirely individualistic. The result of the meeting can only be nothing. There was no vote of thanks, beyond an expression of thanks tendered from the chair. /■rmvmnzL?”" ' •
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1205, 5 April 1895, Page 30
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