"WRONG IDEAS"
CONDUCT OF MEETINGS MAGISTRATE'S HOMILY "It is very important indeed that the law in regard to the proper conduct of meetings should be enforced," said Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court, when dealing with two cases in which men were charged with disturbing a meeting of electors. "People seem to have a wrong Idea in regard to the scope of political meetings," said the magistrate. "The candidate is there to speak. The rules of debate do not apply, as it is not a debate. He is there to expound his views. It is inevitable that spontaneous laughter, spontaneous applause and sometimes spontaneous disapproval should occur. That is in accordance with human nature and nobody takes exception to that. It is very different when a person deliberately puts frequent questions during a speech. It leads to difficulties and prevents a person from putting forward the views he wishes to express." Each of the defendants was fined £3 and costs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19758, 12 October 1938, Page 7
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