RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 7 October 1927, Page 4

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

SOVIET’S CELEBRATION. N.Z. SEAMEN INVITED. The Federated Seamen’s Union of New Zealand has received a cable 'from the Soviet Transport Unious inviting the New Zealand body to scud a representative to participate in the 10th anniversary of the October revolution in November.

The' message was discussed at "a stopwork meeting of members of the Federated Seamen’s Union in Wellington and a resolution was passed thanking the Transport Workers ’ Unious for their invitation, but expressing regret that lack of time made it impossible for a representative to be in attendance. The resolution added; “We further instruct our executive to send fraternal greetings and wish the workers of Russia best success in their struggle to build up a new social order in Russia against the united capitalist forces of the world.”