BUTTER PRICES
RAILWAYMEN DISCUSS INCREASE
PROPOSAL TO DECLARE EXPORTS
"BLACK."
Butter prioes were considered at a meeting of the Petone railway workshops •mployees held during the lunch hour yesterday. The following motion was carried unanimously :—"That this mass meeting of railwaymen, Wellington, branch A.S.R.S., vigorously protests against this further Tise in the price of butter and other staple foods, which only means that a corresponding increase in wages is waiTanted to meet the same. We ask the support of all railwaymen and the outside public to endorse tha proposal of declaring all butter consigned for export "black," until a corresponding increase, in wages to all essential workers is granted from the date of the rise. Further, we seek-the support of all transport workers to protect the well-being of all innocent children and adults against the strong elements of profiteering. We ask the Government that if they desire to protect free markets it is their duty to safeguard the citizens from further obligations by granting them their portion of the socially-created wealth."
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 87, 9 October 1920, Page 6
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171BUTTER PRICES Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 87, 9 October 1920, Page 6
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