AFFILIATION MOVE FAILS
CITY SHOP ASSISTANTS
DOMINION LABOUR PARTY
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AUCKLAND, this day
Because a recent ballot to decide whether the Auckland Amalgamated Society of Shop Assistants should affiliate with the New Zealand Labour Party did not bring a fourfifths majority, the motion to do so has failed. Out of a total membership of 4437, only 1437 voted ;n .le issue.
The ballot papers were opened last night by the scrutineers, who, after counting and checking, reported the following result: In favour of affiliation, 718; against, 713; informal, 6; total, 1437.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19694, 28 July 1938, Page 5
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93AFFILIATION MOVE FAILS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19694, 28 July 1938, Page 5
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