MRS BLACK'S RAVENSBOURNE MEETING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22717, 1 November 1935, Page 4

MRS BLACK'S RAVENSBOURNE MEETING

TO THE EDITOK. Sib,— Evidently your reporter at Mrs Black's Ravensbourne meeting was a raw recruit or else "he was no relative ot George Washington. Your reporter made it appear that Mrs Black was rude to me, whereas she answered all tne questions asked by me in a very courteous manner. , ~ mna Your reporter states.that there was an uproar by the audiencd when I was questioning Mrs Black. This statement is wholly erroneous, for at no time during or after the meeting was there a sign of uproar. . In fact, the whole time that Mrs Black was r eadi ,% h .f, sp f£L* pin could have been heard if it had been Twieh to state that Mrs Black is the most truthful candidate for parliamentary honours to whom I have listened. Apart from her statements when reading her speech she stated that she knew nothing about the subjects that were the most important to ths welfare of the people of the Dominion.—l am, etc., > W. W. Batchelob.

Trades Hall, October 31. [Our report did not state that there was anv uproar at the meeting. It said: "'if loud applause and cries, ot 'Sit down!'/mean anything, Mrs K. b. Black had the support of the large majority of the meeting at Ravensbourne last evening when she told Mr W. W. Batchelor that it was ' like his impertinence to ask her in a public meeting how she^ voted at the last general election.' —Ld. O.D.T.]