NORTHERN PRINTERS

Southland Times, Issue 19459, 26 January 1925, Page 5

NORTHERN PRINTERS

TROUBLE IN THE UNION. COMMUNIST ACTIVITY. ' (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH. January 24. A lively time may be expected at the annual meeting of the Christchurch Relate! F’rinting Trades Union next month. Judging by the opinions expressed to-day by members of that organisation, there is a feeling that their apathy of the past hiresulted in the Union losing prestige. On account of the activities of certain Com munists on the Board of Management, the rank and file of the Union intend to g> .<> the meeting in a body and vote out all th. present members of the Board. Opp>Mt‘<>) candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President have already been selected, and it is anticipated that they will secure election by an overwhelming majority. One ex-official of the Union said he intended to move that no delegates be appointed to the Labour Representation Committee. Arrangements were being made, he added, for holiday rallies of members in several of the. large printing establishment ? on the day prior to the annual meeting, in order that there should be a monster attendance. A similar statement was made by another ex-official, who advocated a clean sweep of the present members of the Board, as the only way to re-establish confidence in the Board.