A WELLINGTON PROTEST
WATERSIDE WORKERS' UNION. Mr. Fred. Curtice, president of the Wellington Waterside Workers' Union, was chairman of a large meeting of the union, held in the waiting room. There Wf-re, it is stated, 700 and 800 present. The discussion is understood to have been all through most sympathetic towards the members of the Waihi Miners' Union who nave been imprisoned until sureties aro found for their keeping the peace. The following resolution was carried unanimously :— "This meeting of the Wellington Waterside Workers' Union protests emphatically against the gaoling of strikers at Waihi because of their refusal to enter into sureties to keep the peace, a breach of which, in our opinion, has never been committed. " We further protest against the concentration of police in the strike-affected area for the purpose -of intimidating peaceful unionists, and we demand the release of our fellow-workers in gaol and freedom from the molestation by the police. "We express our confidence in the New Zealand Federation of Labour, and are prepared to help in any movement which will bring the strike to a satisfactory conclusion." The secretary (Mr. G. G. Farland) was instructed to forward the resolution to the Prime Minister.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 8
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198A WELLINGTON PROTEST Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 8
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