Small Majority in Favour

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1933, Page 8

Small Majority in Favour

WELLINGTON CALLS RELIEF WORK STRIKE. LAUGE NUMBERS DO J NOT VOTE WELLINGTON, Last Night. Approximately two hundred men attended at Newtown park to hold a meeting of relief workers and were refused admission to the ground as the permit to hold the meeting was with' drawn. The men then decided to march to the Trades Hall, but the march formation was broken up by the police. The men proceeded along the footpaths, their numbers being augmented on the way. It is estimated that approximately 700 attended the meeting at the Trades Hall, and they decided that a national strike be called, to take effect from midnight. : The votes received from the various jobs disclosed that 1210' favoured tae strike and 814 were against. As a majority of 2000 was required, a resolution was passed declaring that a bare majority should rule.

It is stated that no votes were received from relief workers on 26 jobs in the Wellington district. Men Returning to Work in Hawke's Bay HASTINGS, Last Night. The Napier-Hastings relief workers are still on strike, apparently await ing developments as to national action. However, the number of menj returning to work is steadily growing, and had it not been for the rain today in Napier more would have been back on their jobs than last week, while in Hastings 400 relief workers are now at work, last week's total having thus increased by about fifty. A total of 349 were paid last week. A number of new registrations were received on Saturday and to-day, and the number is expected to increase within the next day or two. National Strike Denied NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. The authoritative declaration of a national relief workers' strike was denied to-night by Mr. B. Thome, secretary of the Taranaki Relief Workers' Union. He said the National Union was against a strike. Referring to the decision of the Wellington men, he said their action would be independent of the union and it could not be made national without the authority of the national council. Questioned concerning the Auckland statement that a Dominion-wide ballot was to be taken, Mr. Thorne said that was not connected with the present trouble.