Political Labour League.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3675, 7 January 1908, Page 3

Political Labour League.

A NOISY GATHERING. The Wellingon Political Labour League held an open-air meeting recently. Mr C. H. Chapman, who attended the recent Labour Conference at Christchurch, in referring to that gathering, spoke of a proposal at the Conference that the State should provide work for all who desired it, and said that this could be done by a system of State nationalisation. Next came a denunciation of the attitude of the Ward Government towards the Labour party. It was a good thing the Government was showing its hand.

5 Mr Campbell, organising secretary to the League, traced the growth of the Liberal-Labour party, and said that in the last few years it had degenerated, and declared that capitalists had found in it a medium to get into the House. The crowd by this time had begun to get noisy, and an individual became very excited at a remark concerning the Hon. J. A. Millar. Mr Campbell advised the individual to stand on his head. Sir Joseph Ward, he proceeded, was no Labour Minister, or he would never have accepted a title. Interruptions continued, and a scuffle occurred, and a voice was then heard gladly acclaiming that someone had "got it" in the nose. Afterwards the man who had been hit went excitedly about, drawing half the audience with him. The League speakers during this time had endeavoured to get further hearing, but only a small portion of the audience remained serious, and, after the taking up of a collection to defray expenses, they left.