LATE NEWS WORKERS “FREE” TO DRINK BEER AT 6d

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 February 1948, Page 5

LATE NEWS WORKERS “FREE” TO DRINK BEER AT 6d

“As soon as we are quite satisfied that the hotels are back to sixpence we shall make an announcement officially ending the boycott so far as those hotels are concerned,” said the secretary of the West Coast Trades Council, Mr T. Pratt, this afternoon. He added that a meeting would be held tonight to consider the position, and, as soon as the council had a clear view of the overall picture, it would make a statement. In the meantime, he said, in reply to a question, workers who entered a hotel which had been charging sevenpence, were quite free to do so as long as no more than sixpence was paid for 10 ounces. As soon as a hotel dropped its charges from sevenpence to sixpence it was no longer “black," he declared. T.U.C. AND BRITISH INFLATION POLICY (Rec. 3.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 5. The Trades Union Congress economic committee announced general agreement with the Government’s aim of avoiding inflation, but in view of the effect of the White Paper’ on the unions’ wage negotiations, the committee decided to ask the Prime Minister, Mr Attlee, to receive a deputation for immediate clarification of the serious difficulties arising from the implications of the Government’s statement. 48 PARALYSIS CASES IN AUCKLAND AREA (P.A.) AUCKLAND, This, Day.. The positive infantile paralysis cases in Auckland Hospital now total 48. There are also four suspects. DE VALERA’S PARTY LEADING IN EIRE (Rec. 3.10 p.m.) DUBLIN, February 5. The latest figures in the Eire elections are:— • . Fianna Fail, 21 seats; Fine Gael, seven; New Republicans, three; Labour three; Independents one; Independent Farmers two. Mr De Valera won easily in his own constituency in Clare.