LABOUR GOVERNMENT
To ' celebrate the Labour Government’s 10 years of office, the local junior Labour Party on Monday night entertained parents and friends at a social and dance, about 300 being present. Mr G. Whiting acted as M.C. Old-time and modern dances were featured, with an intermittent dance for elders only. Items were given by juniors, a song and dance by Miss J. Robson was of especial merit, also a bag-pipe rendering by Mr Carruthers, junr. A light supper was served, after which Mr V. Christensen addressed the gathering, giving a brief history of the Labour movement, and urging the junior members to emulate their elders and become worthy members of a great movement. A programme of arrangements was announced for a trip this week-end to Pokako, where the junior Labour Party will be the guests of the Pokako timher mill employees.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 304, 22 November 1945, Page 8
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