UNITY PLATFORM
Preu Association. DUNEDIN, January 14. A well-attended unity platform meeting was held here to-night at the Town Hall steps. The Mayor presided. Mr Waters, vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, in the unavoidable absence of the president, proposed, and Mr W. H. Warren, of tho Carpenters' Union, seconded, the platform's resolution: "That New Zealand should set an example of unity by organising to the full its capital and man-power for the war, and requests that Parliament he called "together for that purpose." l"ro feasor H. D. Bedford spoke forcefully in support. Mr Robinson explained the platform, and said that only by a great and immediate example could New Zealand help to avert the calamity of a general strike at Home. The resolution was carried unanimously.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9248, 15 January 1916, Page 7
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127UNITY PLATFORM New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9248, 15 January 1916, Page 7
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