CONTEMPTIBLE BEHAVIOUR.

Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 19 November 1928, Page 2

CONTEMPTIBLE BEHAVIOUR.

BY WELLINGTON CROWD. Says “Sentinel" in the “Wanganui Chronicle"; — All fair-minded New Zealanders will consider with feelings of contempt the behaviour of that section of the crowd which “counted out" the Prime Minister when he sought to speak at Wellington late on election night. Peal men would have given Mr. tfoates a heartening cheer after his ■nwverse, however much they might be opposed to him politically, for none can say that he did not fight the election in a manly, guod-humoured way. And it must not be forgotten, cither, that he fought for his country on the battlefield, attaining very great distinction as a leader and a brave man. How many of those who hooted the Prime Minister ever fought with anything other than their abusive tongues. I wonder? And, come to the point, there was probably not one among the hooting mob who could have stood up for five minutes to Mr. Coates in a physical encounter, despite the fact that “Gordon" is now past mid-dle-age. It was another case of the lion among the jackals."