MINISTER'S REMINDER
CHRISTCHURCH, April 4. "The spectacle of Mr. Barnes and Mr. Hill hastening to uphold the auth- [ ority of the Waterfront Commission will put cverybody in a good luimour," said t.ko Minister of Labour (Mr. Mc-
Lagan) this morning. ' ' Its • farcjcai aspect will be appreciated by ail nave; apparently Messrs Barnes.. and- Hili ^hemselves," continued the . Minister. 'Can these nevvly-cnrolled defend'ers of the Waterfront Commission possibly be; lieve that the piibiic has alreatly for gotten their uxa'uy defianc.es "o'f the \Vaterfront Commission 's authority and their repeated r.efusals to acc'ept its decision? " Coiumenting tonight. on Mr, ,Mfi; Lagan 's statement, Mr, Hf. Barnes, president of the. Waterside Workoi;s ' Union, said: "We are gratified tfial it has proved possibie to make the Minis ter laugh when most of the people. have thought that was. an inipossibility. " '
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 April 1949, Page 7
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