FREE SPEECH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19811, 1 December 1919, Page 7

FREE SPEECH.

; LABOUR’S OFFICIAL ADVICE [From Ocr Correspondents.] mu -J JNGTON, December 1. Ihe Wellington official Labour candidates and the heads’of their party have issued a statement expressing strong disapproval of the interruptions which some candidates have been subjected to „ * ntl emphatically denying that rlie Labour I arty has tho slightest connection with such interruptions. H holds the nght of free speech sacred, and calls on its members to assist in preserving that right. In view of the direct and obvious association of official Labourites with tho interruption policy, it is surprising t v hnd tlio official disclaimer containing the suggestion that, as disorder at meetings militates against the Labour oau«o such disorder is often courted and' encouraged by our opponents, and we. earnestly ask all Labour supporters not for them” * lO trftps S ' J laid . Tllls 1 c V n2 , f ’ in Labour tactics IS no doubt due to the fact that the interruption policy has caused many people who usually w.ll not show keen interest in politics to attend meetings and rousmgly support any candidate who is being subjected to unfair treatment The Liberal candidate for IVollinirton Central (Mr Pirani) luus undoubtedly ecored an advantage through hi, troubles with interrupters, for the reason that many business men who would not have taken part in the contest are coming to Jus aid as a protest asbliust an intolerable innovation in electioneering.