THE RAILWAYMEN.
(Per Press Association.)
NAPIER MOTIONS. NAPIER, May li. The following resolutions'were passed s- stt, a muss meeting of the Hawke’s Ray | Railwaymen, held at the workshops Inst evening:— | (1) That this meeting of representative railwayfnen strongly urge upon the > (Government to deal with the cost of e living and to deal effectually.'.'with the t exploiters, thereby keeping prices d'own to a minimum.” s 1 “That failing 'this, all workers are ~ urged to press for an automatic increase I of wages.” 1 (2) “That this meeting of railwaymen notice with pleasure that the Board of Trade has a notice in the daily papers restricting prices while a f strike is on, thus showing clearly that. if prices can be controlled during a strike, why not during times of , peace?” A.S.R.S. MEN. j WELLINGTON, May 3. At first the A.S.R.S. men here were nob disposed to return, especially at Thorndon and Pctone. llotli branches were hard to convince. The Auckland branch of the Amalgamated societies dee’ned to accept its executive’s decisior, but the officers liere believed that with fuller information they will fall into lino.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1920, Page 3
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