Manawatu Flaxmillers Meeting
Maoriland Worker, Volume 7, Issue 258, 9 February 1916, Page 7
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Manawatu Flaxmillers Meeting
(Endorses Labor Manifesto [•■••/ ■ ■ _. __ . ■' i PLEDCES SUPPORT TO "WORKER.") I At tho quarterly general meeting of tile Maii/iwatu l-'laxworkers' Union 1 ield on Saturday, January 529 th, i-Mf-ssr. W. H. Chalk and P. T. Robiu- I >:on gave a report of the Conference '■ convened by the linked Federation <if ! Labour, to discuss Labour's attitude j towards Conscription, which <hey had i attended as delegates or" tho 'Union. I After tlto report had been received i the Manifesto wus read, and the fol| lowing resolutions were '-unanimously ! cai ried :— j 1. That, this Quarterly General j meeting of the Flaxworkers , Union ' congratulates, the delegates who at| tended tho Conference on the niaiiij I'csto drawn ii]) and pledges loyalty j to .same. ''■ 2. That the Secretary- of tho L'nion be instructed to send to every member a copy of "Tho Maoriland Worker' , containing tho Report and Manifesto :>f tho Conference, and that 5000 copies of the Manifesto be ordered from "The Maoriland i Worker" Printery free distribu-1 tion in the Palmerston N. and . Mauawatu districts. ; That the Secretary of the L'nion ', be instructed to circularise the J business people of Palmerston N., I setting forth that this Union is part dwner of "The Maoriland Worker" and that since tho requirements of i the members and their families add I considerably to tho trade done in j this district, "Tho Maoriland Workorj' is entitled to a share of advertising from tho business people ' in connection with their trade.
