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INDIGNITY FROM LABOUR. MISS MELVILLE’S NOISY MEETING. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Oct. 21. Yelling, shrieking, obstructionists, including several women, made pandemonium of a meeting addressed by, Miss Melville, Reform candidate for Grey Lynn. The uproar was led by a women with a shrill voice, and the candidate was subjected to continuous interruptions throughout her address, and at question time thundering voices tried to make speeches in reply to the candidate’s answers. A vote of no-confidence w!as moved “owing to the candidate’s lack of political knowledge,” but an amendment of thanks and confidence was carried by the candidate’s friends, who w r ere in good force, while their opponents cheered the Labour candidate and sang “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. ’ ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19435, 22 October 1925, Page 6
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122LIVELY SCENES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19435, 22 October 1925, Page 6
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