| Main Performers | Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker (Canadian Prime Minister),
Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan (UK Prime Minister) - speakers |
| Performance Notes | A meeting at which Mr Diefenbaker made his first major speech of his Commonwealth tour to an audience of between 5,000-6,000.
"Mr Diefenbaker's speech was interrupted only by frequent rounds of applause. But Mr Macmillan, who also spoke, had to contend with half a dozen interruptions from various parts of the hall.
WOMAN'S CALL.
Interrupters Leave.
As Mr Macmillan was saying that Mr Diefenbaker had "faith in his fellow countrymen" a woman shouted: "It is a pity you haven't got any."
The other interruptions were in a similar vein and appeared to be the work of members of the Empire Loyalist movement. One interrupter called Mr Macmillan a "hypocrite" because he supported free trade in Europe..."
(The Daily Telegraph, 5 November 1958) |