TWO VIEWPOINTS
ON a LOYAL SPEECH. DELIVERED BY LABOUR MAYOR, j (Received 10.44 a.in.) | SYDNEY, This Day. { Tiie Workers’ Industrial Union at : Broken Hill carried a motion of cen-! sure against the Labour Mayor, Mr Dennis in connection with his loyal speech.
, The union decided to instruct its delegates on the Industrial Council to demand the resignation of Mr Dennis as Mayor.
A meeting of tiio Barrier District Assembly of the Australian Labour Party also discussed the speech and decided that the Mayor had been merely indiscreet.—A. and N.Z.
The following message was received on April 28: In the course of a speech to returned soldiers at Broken Hill, on the occasion of the Anzac Day celebrations, the Labour Mayor, Mr Dennis, said he had no time for the man who said he would not go to the front and fight for freedom and justice. The freedom they enjoyed today had been brought about by the protection of the British Empire. This speech led to the Broken Hill Workers’ Industrial Association carrying a resolution expressing amazement and disgust at the anti-working class utterances made by the alleged Labour Mayor, and demanding Mr Dennis’ resignation.
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Northern Advocate, 18 May 1927, Page 5
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