PLEA FOR WORK
IN HEAVY INDUSTRIES. MARCH TO LONDON. MEN WITH PETITION. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received October G, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 5. Carrying an oak casket containing a petition with 11,572 signatures pleading tor work in the Jarrow shipyards and the heavy industries, which is being presented to Parliament, 200 unemployed have started to march to London. The Bishop of J arrow blessed the marchers, who are accompanied by medical students, a cook, and a barber.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 7
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80PLEA FOR WORK Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 7
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