VERDICT AT THE BALLOT BOX.
The contention of members of the Labour Party that union rates should be paid on relief works was touched upon by the Prime Minister in the course of a speech in the House of Representatives yesterday.
Replying to Mr. Forbes, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, who occupies the position of Mayor of Christchurch as well as member for Avon, said that the Christchurch City Council had been returned to maintain the present wages standard. "My own opinion," said Mr. Sullivan, "is the same verdict will bo< returned at the next General Election. I belieye that the great majority of the people are definitely opposed to any reduction in tho wages for relief workers or to unionists, and that they will manifest it at tho ballot box at the next election."
Mr. A. M. Samuel (Reform, Thames): "I think the result of the Christchurch municipal election was a personal tribute to the popularity'of the member f,or A^oeu'*?
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 8
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