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THIS MAN ROBERTS HIS RECORD. UK ’ - Born and educated in Cork, Ireland. lu bis early manhood Mr. Roberts, as a sea- f' ■ - farer, was deeply Interested in the econo- MK . * JNlßli uiic affairs of many countries. He be- --- camo interested in the British Trade Union and Labour Movement, and held executive ISoBt positions in the gas workers' organization ■SHa : in his early twenties. SbML j Coming to reside permanently in New Zealand nearly 10 years ago, and becoming employed on railways construction and road-making, Mr. Roberts, with characteristic vigour threw his energies Into the Industrial organizations and. while employed in the gas industry was instrumental in securing for TAMES ROBERTS the workers. uxxataxuuj In 1&15 Mr. Roberts became secretary of TEAT the National Organization of Waterside ' Jr Workers, retaining the position until . . . •,, _ elected to the Waterfront Control Commission. In the intervening period he shouldered a tremendous responsibility for the industrial workers of this country ana conducted some of the moat important arbitration cases ever held. Ab leader of the Labour representatives of the 1929 National Industrial Conference he was a strong advocate for the establishment of secondary industries. The Massey, Coates, and Ward Governments sought his help in many important industrial commissions, and in 1930. he represented New Zealand at the International Labour Conference, at Geneva—the first delegate to represent this country. In the same year he represented New Zealand Workers at Conferences in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Great Britain, Ireland and Canada. He has completed seven years as National President of the New Zealand Lalipur Party, a position he has filled with great credit to himself and proved a tower of strength in the dark days Of uncertainty when war broke on the country. As chairman of the New Zealand Worker Printins and Publishing Co., Ltd., he has helped build the Standard Press to a wide sphere of activity. Mr Roberts, at present, holds the responsible position of Waterfront Control Commissioner. He has been a member of the National Patriotic Fund Board since its inception. OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, GIVEN HNSELpI&HLY FOR THE CAUSE THAT KNOWS NO DEFEAT. Vote ROBERTS And The LABOUR TICKET! TOWN HALL (MAIN HALL) TONIGHT! TONIGHT! AT 7.30 P.M. COME TO THE GREATEST MUNICIPAL RALLY — IN ' WELLINGTON’S HISTORY COMBINED WITH A CELEBRITY CONCERT BY BRILLIANT ARTISTS ADMISSION IS FREE 1 '" ■ SELECTIONS BY , WELLINGTON WATERSIDE SILVER BAND (LATE PORT NICHOLSON SILVER BAND). MANY TIMES NEW ZEALAND’S CHAMPION.BAND. Conductor: RON FENTON. k ) CORNET DUET BY Bandsmen ORMROD and KAY N.Z. CHAMPION MEDALLISTS. Vocal Items by the MORRISON BROS. POPULAR TOPLINE ARTISTS. XYLOPHONE SOLO by Bandsman SUNDBERG v OUTSTANDING PERFORMER ON THIS INSTRUMENT. ' ’ ALL LABOUR’S CANDIDATES WILL BE INTRODUCED • AND JAMES ROBERTS (For Mayor)’ WILL ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE. ALL WELLINGTON INVITED, SO COME EARLY FOR A SEAT. WATCH TOMORROW’S PAPERS FOR LABOUR’S MEETINGS ON KBIDAy xjght. R. HOLLAND, ORGANIZER.

LABOUR CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND HOSPITAL BOAED. . . . Sr A ..XjJS SesHSmBK .* w-- - ■ jl CATHERINE STEWART MBS. STE-WART hails from Glasgow, where ishe spent mgny years In social service In the interests of the workers. A keen student of economics, she found a useful sphere of service in the Co-opera-tive Movement. Coming to New Zealand in 1921, she entered vigorously into similar work, being a prime mover In the Cooperative Women’s Guild, Women’s Study Circle. After-care Assocaltion, and Club for Backward Children. Was Member of Parliament for Wellington West, 1938-1943. VOTE FULL LABOUR TICKET. LABOUR CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND HOSPITAL BOARD. 11 : " ■: - V ’ ; ■ . iW I ' HBk' wwK BiJOHN FLEMING Has had a long and varied career in connexion with industrial arbitration, negotiation, and organization. Mr. Fleming looks after the working interests of those men and women who help to make our amusements so enjoyable—the theatrical workers. He is a canny Scot with a keen and analytical mind, with very definite ideas on municipal administration and hospitalization. VOTE FULL LABOUR TICKET.