MR. POLSON'S CAMPAIGN.
An open-air meeting was held last evening at "Quinn's Post," Wallaceviile, by Mr. Poison. There wai a large audience, mostly of men in khaki. Mr. Poison promised the soluiors that he would do his best to get back for the men. the Sunday trains. Better overcoats should, he said, bo. supplied the ,men. He thought the home service men should have the same rights ao the other soldiers. Ho advocated equal pay • for equal work, and stated that a good many men in camp we»'e doing -a lot of work for very little pay. He was in favour of granting larger pensions. The present scale, he said, was not adequate. .
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 136, 26 February 1918, Page 8
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113MR. POLSON'S CAMPAIGN. Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 136, 26 February 1918, Page 8
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