New Zealand's First Film Of Industrial Dispute?

Northern Advocate, 27 October 1949, Page 4

New Zealand's First Film Of Industrial Dispute?

A FILM believed to be the first ever taken of an industrial dispute'in New Zealand will be screened for trade unionists in Whangarei as soon as it becomes available. The secretary of the Whangarei Trades Council (Mr H. H. Boreham) said this at the meeting of the council last night. Taken by Mr C. Holmes, who was involved in the satchel case inquiry, the film deals with an aspect of the labour dispute in Auckland which culminated in the deregistering of the Auckland Carpenters' Union.

The film was processed ui Australia,

the meeting he attended ui Welling-

and a member of the Wbangarei Council. Mr J. Bryant, said some difficulty was anticipated in passing it through customs to bring it to New Zealand. According to advice received in trade union circles in Whangarei the (ilm has been cleared and will be relcased for distribution to trades councils throughout. New Zealand. The council delegate to the national council of the Federation of Labour '.Mr J. Bryant.) gave .a lull report on

ton. He commented that under the chairmanship of Mr F. P. Walsh the meeting was run on satisfactory lines. Mr Bryant considered, however, that many of the delegates were not real unionists, but were union bosses who had lost touch with the men in the ranks. Mr Boreham said he was not satislied with the aspect of compulsory unionism which sponsored such representatives on the national council. •