Not Going to Strike
CHRISTCHURCH MEN. AN ORDERLY MEETING Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. Over two hundred relief workers and unemployed who met at the Trades Hall on Saturday decided that they would not follow the lead of the Lyttelton men and strike as a protest against the Government’s proposal to reduce the rates of relief pay. At times the meeting was almost beyond tho control of the chairman, and a tense situation developed when the discovery was made that police constables and a detective were in the hall. There were loud cries requesting their removal. The chairman pointed out that the meeting was an orderly one, and on his receiving a unanimous “Yes” to his question whether the men desired the police officers to leave the latter quietly walked from the hall.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6519, 7 April 1931, Page 6
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134Not Going to Strike Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6519, 7 April 1931, Page 6
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