CENSURE MOTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
MR. M'KENNA'S RECENT ACTION 1 . (Received June 13, 10.10 a.in.) LONDON,, 12th June. In the House of Commons Mr. Auate» Chamberlain (Unionist) moved a. resolution! declaring that the action of Mr. M'Kenna, Home Secretary, in oonneefciom with tho attitude he had assumed with regard to the matter of the protection of strike-breakers, was unconstitutional. Mr. Chamberlain Baid the Government's, constant iuterfer&mces were fomenting unrest. tJn the House oflCommons on Thvire' day last, Mr. M'Kenna, Home Score* tery, eaid that in the case oi a complaint regarding interference wftb. the. working of the Houlder Line steamers, it wae not a matter .of protecting tho men who usually worked at the Purfleet quays, but was really one of protecting men brought in specially from, other places ac strike-breakers. Hitherto ih« strikers had behaved with great to* straint; but if strike-breakers were brought on the ships a new demeofc would be introduced that wa« boxtnd to provoke disorder.] '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19120613.2.94
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 140, 13 June 1912, Page 7
Word Count
161CENSURE MOTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 140, 13 June 1912, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in