Well-known City Memorial to be Removed.—The photograph shows a wellknown city memorial the removal of which to the Trades Hall has been approved by the authorities. The memorial is now to be seen between the two entrances to the Wellington Central Free Public Library, set in the brickwork of the main building, is a memorial iof the late Samuel Duncan Parnell, the pioneer in this country of the eight-hour-movement. The tablet bears the inscription: “Erected by public subscription, 1893. To the memory of the founder of the eight-hour movement, Samuel Duncan Parnell, Wellington, 1840.” —L. Wallace, photo.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 139, 8 March 1930, Page 9
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97Well-known City Memorial to be Removed.—The photograph shows a wellknown city memorial the removal of which to the Trades Hall has been approved by the authorities. The memorial is now to be seen between the two entrances to the Wellington Central Free Public Library, set in the brickwork of the main building, is a memorial iof the late Samuel Duncan Parnell, the pioneer in this country of the eight-hour-movement. The tablet bears the inscription: “Erected by public subscription, 1893. To the memory of the founder of the eight-hour movement, Samuel Duncan Parnell, Wellington, 1840.” —L. Wallace, photo. Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 139, 8 March 1930, Page 9
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