SECOND EDITION. SUPERSEDED PLATFORM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16797, 9 November 1928, Page 8

SECOND EDITION. SUPERSEDED PLATFORM

LABOR’S 1925 PROPOSALS CRITICISM BY MR, LYSNAR While declaring their unalloyed allegiance to the platform of the Labor Party, which they .state has ufver changed since the inception oi .the movement in Yew Zealand, the candidates of that party have waxed indignant at the use, by their opponents, of ([notations from printed pamphlets issued under the authority of the Labor Party headquarters at .various times during recent years. One such pamphlet was produced last •evening, ar his dvaiti meeting, by Mr. IV. I). Lysnar, and his quotations from it created intense excitement among the Labor faction present.. One Heckler stated heatedly that he would not let the candidate proceed until he got an answer to a- question which he' repeated several times. Not all the. Labor men present, al lowed themselves vo become excited, tfor it was obvious to many of the more balanced of Mr. Lysnar v 's audience that the candidate was playing up to the opposition’ by seeming to ignore their protests, and gradually leading them into a trap such as any election audience loves to see closing upon a. heckler. Thai, this objective did not make itself apparent to the more persistent of the interjectors indicates Ihe earnestness willi which they were pursuing their own goal. There was quite a little uproar when Mr. Lysnar produced the pamphlet, which he said* lie believed contained the outline of the Labor Parly’s programme’. He was quoting phrases from the paragraphs relating to land settlement, and the State's powers in respect to general administration, when the hecklers made their strongest bid. ORIGIN OF BOOK

"May I see that book?” asked ,a prominent Labor' supporter. The candidate took ir over and showed him the print on the cover, but refused to let him handle it. This served to excite the opposition more, and the date of the publication and its origin were demanded. Mr, Lysnar invited his hecklers to secure their own copies of the booklet, which he understood had been widely circulated. There was an apparent reluctance on the pait of the candidate to Jet, the booklet out of Ids own hands, and this inspired the idea in the minds of li'iany that he was uncertain of its actual origin and full contents. Eventually, however, when he had brought a Labor supporter to his feet with the statement; that the meeting could not proceed until the matter had been settled, and that, ho would call Mr. Lysnar’s bluff, the candidate turned bn his hecklers. “This booklet is the official statement of the platform of the New Zealand Labor Party, as amended at the annual conference in duly, 1925, and •it is published by the Worker Press at Wellington. Can you deny that it is official?” Mr. Lvsnar demanded.

This was almost; the last word so far as the Labor men were concerned, except that one gentleman met with a rebuke from the chairman for a persistence in his desire to see a passage Which Mr. Lysnar had read under chock by the chairman. “.Show me that, Mr. Lysnar.” demanded this questioner.

“That is correctly read,,” commented the. chairman, Air. Jus. Blair. “Surely you will accept my word?” At this the elector subsided, leaving Air. S. ,T. J Verson to explain to Mr. Lysnar that the pamphlet he had quoted from had been superseded, under the policy of annual revision. Air. Pearsim stated that he was no longer a. member of the Labor Party, but he desired to protect Air. Lysnar from making himself misunderstood. The candidate, after suggesting to Mr. Pearson that if lie wished to make his position clear, he should not sit in the same desk with the other gentleman, whose attitude was -(yellknown, went oil to criticise the Labor leaders for leaving it to a man who .wap not now of their party to make such an explanation. Why had Mr. Coleman neglected to explain matters'? Why had Air. Holland' failed to pvft forward the explanation;’ “Mr, Holland made a, very nihe speech when he came ’into my electorate, remarked Air. Lysnar. ‘ “Ho went .right: round the outside of the subject, t but. lie gave you tin kernel. I am giving you’the kernel.” (Applause.)

MR. F. J. LYSNAR’S CAMPAIGN

St. James’ Hall was,, well filled on Tuesday 'dv effing when Mr. F. J. Lysnar, Reform candidate for .Auckland Central, delivered a political address. Mr. Lysnar spoke for about three-quarters of pin hoar, devoting l;is attention chiefly; to the advocacy of a. State issue, of notes. J his. he said, would provide what the country needed more than anything else, namely, cheap money, arid would automatically settle the question of unemployment. and the other problems affecting the Dominion.

‘‘lt’s quite easy,” declared the candidate. “All the Government would need would be a die and a printing press.” A voice : A la Goriffhriy.

Mr. Lysnar was subjected to considerable interruption, gnterjectors ridiculing many of his statements. At the conclusion of the address proper, he was bombarded with questions, (lie yelling from (lie. hack resembling that from the front bench., of a wool sale. Finally a motion of thanks and confidence was moved amidst an uproar from disappointed Questioners, and-receiving some support from a, few front rows, was declared carried, despite overwhelming opposition. —Star.