AT AUCKLAND.
AUCTvLAND'S " SPECIALS."
FORMAL PARADE REFOEK
DISBANDING
ij'o'- Pi-nc;«! Accor-intion.^
AUCKLAND. Dr-emobr it
Over 1000 young men who acted hs t>pfT:i«il constables (furina: the recent strike- assembled in the Drill H:)U f<>r ;i final parade before hoi:1": disbanded. Th.-. :M»vor o.nd some members of the Ciiiy/fns' Defence* Committee tvere undent itnd tho former, oti behnif of the city, thanked tho special.-:. Ho- referred '<> tiio splendid services the iren bad rendered at the most critical time thnt Imd rver occurred in the history of the oitr. Tin bis train ion, trio Aiield'.'.nd foot specials wo.ro organised bettor tlum n; snv other centre troubled by the strike. H" trusted tho men "ivonld not Tie wanted n.scsin, bnt ho felt .-sure that if they wcro they would ofFer with the sstuv-? -'lDTit^npity as they did si:c weeks flgo. Mr. Parr announced th>3t tho Citizens Committee intended to entertain tit?
" specials" at a smoke concert next Friday. The question of pay was mentioned by the Mayor, who said the rate had been left to tho men themselves. It war, declared by the parade that Bs. per day would be satisfactory.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 19961, 15 December 1913, Page 5
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187AT AUCKLAND. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 19961, 15 December 1913, Page 5
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