THE MAYORALTY
, Sir. It was amusing to read the leti ter of Mr Hiram Hunter about the Mayoralty. Surely this cannot be the ■ ”S°- at ,°?? time ' vas secretary • *s® I ?" vers Union, also the Timber » Yards Union and the Tramway Em- • ployees’ Union, and. if my memory . serves me right was also secretary of the Drivers’ Federation and at the . same time was a City Councillor and • one inh te AU„ ‘he theory Of one man ’ e n° ♦ A * J- have recollections of > Mr Hunter standing as a Labour mem- • r Ashburton seat, and when ■ ?v s tS fides was Questioned, he said • the Labour movement had been his . religion for the whole of his life. Later • making no headway in ; the Labour Party, he forsook this re- , hgion and joined the National Partv . and made little headway through this • change. He now wants to tell the Labour Party how to run its affairs t Yours, etc., .• March 21, 1956. E ' PARL ANE,
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27924, 22 March 1956, Page 3
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