COST OF LIVING.
I A WELLINGTON PROTEST. WELLINGTON, May: 30. Mr Atmore, ex-member for Nelson, addressed a large meetings in the Town Hall on the subject of war and war taxation. At the conclusion, the following motion by Mr Webb, member for Grey, was carried:—"That this meeting requests the National Government to prove its representative name by taking immediate steps to relieve people irpm the cruel pressure of the excessive cost of living by fixing prices and placing war taxation on war profiters." : A further motion, by Mr Holland, was carried:—"That, in view of the fact that the voluntary system has not Failed, this meeting condemns the Conscription Bill before the House as one of the worst forms of Prussian militarism."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8463, 31 May 1916, Page 2
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