THE UNEMPLOYED AT AUCKLAND.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, February 18. j At the unemployed meeting held today the following resolution was carried—"That the Government instruct the High Commissioner m England to see that the agents or lecturers employed by private agencies advocating New Zealand as a desirable place for emigrants be exposed if they speak contrary to the real conditions of work lin the dominion." The following gentlemen spoke m support: the Rev J. Millar, the Rev Grey Dixon, Mr George Davids, Mr F. S. Spillman, Mr Paton (Scotch missioner) and others. Mr P. Black moved—" That the Government he requested to place a Right to Work Bill on the Statute Book this coming session." On the motion being carried, it was further decided that the unemployed should call on Sir Joseph Ward and put their case before him.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19090219.2.8
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7725, 19 February 1909, Page 1
Word Count
139THE UNEMPLOYED AT AUCKLAND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7725, 19 February 1909, Page 1
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.