PRICE OF BEER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 28 August 1939, Page 3

PRICE OF BEER

HOTEL BOYCOTT DECISION REAFFIRMED MASS MELTING HELD ! lUnited Press Association! ! WELLINGTON. This Day. ! The decision of some sections of workers to boycott hotels till the price; of beer was reduced was reaffirmed at j a meeting held at the Basin Reserve. Wei 1 ington. vesterda v. The grandstand was filled with those! involved in the strike and with sym- ! pathisers. Appeals were made by six ] speakers, who included representatives j dairy workers, carpenters and others. I to ensure that full effect was given to ! : the resolutions already adopted. Rcso- j i lutions made in other parts of the] j country were read. j Those present expressed their deter- ! i munition to carry the “strike” through. SUPPORT FOR BOYCOTT WELLINGTON RAILWAY SERVANTS j | Commendation of the beer boycott j of the waterside workers was expressed '■ tat a largely attended meeting of the (Wellington branch of the Amalgamated] | Society of Railway Servants held in j Wellington yesterday, j The following motion was carried:-*-! | “That, this meeting of the Welington i ! branch of the Amalgamated Society of! I Railway Servants, representing 1000, ! members, desires to congratulate the 1 | watersiders in instituting the boycott of ' beer. We call on our membership to show solidarity with the watersiders till such time as the price is reduced. We nlso request the Minister of Industries and Commerce to sec that the publicans are brought within the scope of the j Weights and Measures Act as far as it i affects them.”