MR. P. C. WEBB'S ADVICE
SOBRIETY ADVOCATED. Among the speakers at the afternoon meeting in the Square was Mr. P. C. Webb, M.P. He did not refer to the strike, saying that that was the men's business and not a subject for Parliamentary interference, but he advised the strikers not to touch intoxicating liquor until the trouble was over. The fight had to be won by strong men, solid in their organisation, and sober. "WILL NOT BE STARVED" A LEADER'S PROPHECY. Mr. P. Fraser, president of the Social Democratic Party, hotly denounced "scab" labour during the course of a, vehement speech in the square this afternoon. As long as there was no attempt to take the bread away from the strikers' wives and children, he said, there would be no violence, but if an effort was instituted to 'work the cargo by ' " scabs " then it would have to be prevented, even if every one of the strikers was shot dead. As he had stated the previous day; they would not be starved out.' There was food in the shops here' that was produced, by, the working class, and the shops; if necessary, cou-ld bo broken into by the working class. 1 , So, long as there was food in Wellington they wore , not going to starve. So long as there was ' a sheep in the country they could send out foraging parties to get it.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 104, 29 October 1913, Page 8
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