SEVERE DISTRESS ANTICIPATED.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 119, 17 May 1912, Page 4

SEVERE DISTRESS ANTICIPATED.

■;"■; :';' : : -iA \ : All classes-: are1 being 'treated alike1 by the tradespeople' in. the matter of ;; paying -cash for goods. It is/stated r that the Hospital Board will be able , to carry on for the next tyro montha .'-■• without assistance.' There -is little: v doubt that unless some relief be;iorthcoinirig 'shortly there will be several ~ cases of extreme distress. '.■•' - '

The Union is securihg; the services of Mi; Scott Bennett, the Socialist lecturer; to deliver, an.' address locally.;

' Frequent Union meetings are.being held, but are:''riot open -tK© Press. ■..-'•• ■■•. ■'■','. .-■ ■'■ . ',/'■'.'■..■.'■;■ ■;;'.>;?■•;•;■