DEBATING

Southland Times, Issue 20526, 30 June 1928, Page 4

DEBATING

THE BAPTIST SOCIETY. A most enjoyable evening was spent at the fortnightly meeting of the Baptist Library and Debating Society held on Wednesday. June 27. The meeting took the form of a mock mayoral election. Mr S. Perkins occupied the chair and had quite a busy lime controlling the meeting. The candidates were:—Mr H. Stewart (Hob. Nobs), Mr J. Crozier (Labour) and Mr J. Schroeder (Ladies). The candidate for the Hob Nobs was the first speaker for the evening and stressed very greatly the point that he was backed by the wealth of this community, and that being the case, it would be in the interests of ' ihe ratepayers to exercise their vote in his favour. The next speaker was Mr J. Crozier. It was only to be expected that he, being the Labour member, would bring forward that which would be in favour of the working class. The last candidate to address the audience was Mr J. Schroeder, who spoke in the interests of the ladies. He mentioned the fact that the women had always been downtrodden and considered inferior to the men; this was because they had never had a chance. Immediately after the delivery of each candidate's speech opportunity was given for questions from the audience. This in itself proved a most lively time as some of the questions were both humorous and original and would have given the mayor of any town dofficulty to answer satisfactorily. Mr H. Stewart was declared mayor with a majority of one vote over the ladies’ candidate. The Labour candidate received only one vote. The subject for next debate will be: “Thar the present railways of New Zealand would be more profitable if privately owned.”