SEAMEN’S UNION
AGAINST WELLINGTON SENTENCES. WELLINGTON, Dec. 3. At the monthly meeting of the Seamen’s Union to-day, the following resolution was adopted unanimously.— “That this mooting of the Wellington Branch of the Federated Seamen’s Union of New Zerilnd enters an emphatic protest against the sentence of a £of) fine, or three months’ imprisonment, passed on four members of the working class who were con-
vieted by Air Page. S.AL. on November 21st, at the AYellington AJagistrate’s Court, for the possession of allegedly seditious working class literatim-. AVe demand that the sentences (be quashed, and affirm the right of the. workers to read wlmt they will, regardless of official interference. and call for the repeal of all legislation which limits the right, and provides the machinery for repressive action against working class organisations.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1929, Page 6
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