RECEPTION OF P. C. WEBB

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3151, 1 August 1917, Page 6

RECEPTION OF P. C. WEBB

0 by 'rrcADES anu labour council. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, July 31. Mr. P. C. Webb, M.P., had an enthusiastic reception from the Trades and Labour Council last night. Ho said that for his efforts which had averted a great coal strike he had been rewarded with tu'ree months' imprisonment. Ho paid a■■ tribute to the police and gaol officials, I>ui: condemned the Prison Regulations, especially tho dark ..'ell, and criticised the quality and quantity of the food. On his return to Parliament he would have something to say about tho Second Pivisiou. The ciifiirma'n announced that £1850 had been collected o£ tho .£2OOO required for itie dependants of tho lubn in gaol for sedition.

WELCOME AT GBEYMOTJTH. ' Greymouth, May 31. The reception to Mr. Webb to-night was held in beautiful weathtr. A large crowd' of Labourites at the railway station formed a procession and uia,rched to the Opera House, where a social was tendered by tho local branch of the Labour Party. ' Many people in town discusswl to-diy adversely the action of the liallwax Department in allowing a special tram to te run from Dunollie to (ireymonth and return.' Tho critios point out that trains were refused for the , last race meeting, yet a train was granted for this welcome.