RELIEF CAMPS
COMPULSION ON MARRIED MEN
OPPOSITION IN CHRISTCHURCH.
By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, June 9.
Twenty-five delegates representing business organisations, churches, social workers, local bodies, and relief workers in Christchurch, at a conference to-day expressed disapproval of any attempt to force married men into camps, aga.nst their will. The Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan), who presided, was requested by the conference to secure a definite assurance from the Minister for Employment (Hon. A. Hamilton) that no compulsion would be used, and that those married men who would not go into camps would not be penalised by relief authorities. A further meeting is to be held to-morrow to consider the Minister’s reply.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19512, 10 June 1933, Page 8
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