WRESTLED WITH MINER.
NATIONAL CANDIDATE. WINS A DECISION. INCIDENT AT BLENHEIM. [By Telegraph.—Press Association]. BLENHEIM, Oct. 1. A short and friendly wrestling match •with a miner, whom he succeeded in putting on his back, formed an unusual incident in an election tour of tho country districts of Marlborough just concluded by Mr. W. L. Barker, Naional Party candidate for Wellington East. Mr. Barker was accompanied by Mr. E. F. Healy, National Party candidate for the Wairau seat.
At a meeting in Canvastown, Mr. Barker was heckled at first by a section of the audi2nce, many references being made to the speaker's prowess as a wrestler.
"Try to put. a headlock on me,'' called one interjector. "Not on your life." replied the speaker; "I'd get an armful of splintera if I did!"
Genera] applause followed this sally and the crowd became good humoured After the meeting the incident described above occurred.
Before a meeting of 250 at the Oaio Public Works camp, Mr. Barker had a good reception, and, although his views did not coinside with those of many of his hearers, his good-humoured replies won him a splendid hearing.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20427, 1 October 1938, Page 3
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