AUCKLAND LACKING IN PATRIOTISM.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington. September 27. At to-day's sittings i)f the Seamen's Conference Council the following motion was passed unanimously:—"That this Council is surprised at the unpatriotic ■attitude of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce led by Mr Gunson, which has publicly advocated the subsidising of foreign-owned mail service between America and the Dominion when there are local companies quite prepared to undertake the service, the requirements of which in the shape of crows, coal, stores, and other necessaries would be drawn from the resources of the Dominion, thereby employing our own people and deriving all advantages of subsidies granted by the Dominion to this service; in addition to which strengthening those bonds of Empire which the community are desirous of fostering."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10570, 27 September 1910, Page 4
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125AUCKLAND LACKING IN PATRIOTISM. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10570, 27 September 1910, Page 4
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