N.Z. AND ITALY

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1940, Page 8

N.Z. AND ITALY

WELL’GTON COUNCIL EMPLOYEES. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Jun© 12. There are in the employment of the Wellington City Council a number of men with Italian names and some hold responsible positions. No precipitate action has been taken, said the Mayor (Mr T. C. A. Hislop). In. any case, the council was not the body to take action, but it had supplied through executive officers the names and positions of all such men to the police. Some had 1 been in the service of the council for many years or were born here of parents with Italian names. The Mayor indicated that there was no intention of action against such men, but issued- a general warning that employees, whatever their nationality, taking up a disloyal attitude, would find themselves out. ITALIANS AT MINES. To consider the question of the employment of Italian nationals m the State mines, a special roll-call meeting of the State Miners’ Union is to be held on Sunday morning. It is expected that the matter will be finalised at this meeting, which will be attended by the Miners’ National Secretary. In the meantime, the Italians are not working at the mines. Inspector W. E. Packer stated, today, that, so far as police action was concerned, the position remained the same. There- had been no incidents of any kind in the district, and no internments had been made.