DECISION NOT TO STRIKE
RELIEF WORKERS’ MEETING
LYTTELTON LEAD NOT FOLLOWED.
POLICE REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Christchurch, April 6.
Over 200 relief workers and unemployed who met at the Trades Hall on Saturday decided they would not follow the lead of Lyttelton men and strike as a protest against the Government s proposal to reduce the rates of relief pay. At times the meeting was almost beyond the control of the chairman. A tense situation developed when the discovery was made that a police constable and detectives were in the hall. There were loud cries requesting their removal. The chairman pointed out that the meeting was an orderly one, and. on his receiving" a unanimous “Yes” to his question whether the men desired the police officers to leave, the latter quietly walked from the hall.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1931, Page 9
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