MINISTER PRESENT.
Per Press Association. WELLIN'G'J'ON, March 21. Over 800 watersiders attend a meeting at a local theatre at 8 a.m. to discuss the hold-up on the waterfront. Admission was by union ticket, the onlv non-unionists present being the Alinister of Labour (Hon. P. C. Webb) and tile Alinister of Marine (Hon. P. Fraser. . A hundred or more watersiders were unable to get into the theatre, which onlv seats about 500, which meant that about 250 or more were already standing. There was no room for more Seen before entering the building, Air Webb said that he would make a statement after the meeting. He was accompanied by his private secretary. , It is understood that Air J. Roberts (national secretary of the W atersiders Union) and Air Webb will be the principal speakers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 March 1939, Page 6
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133MINISTER PRESENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 March 1939, Page 6
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