WANGANUI & THE STRIKE.
"i'LUIiD THE {lA.MK! '. Refcrenco should'-'not- bo omitted in this issuo.to the;really serviceable part
played ill tlio strike bv Wanganui—town and country. It will be remembered that tlio slogan of tho Federation : of Labour went out calling on the Water* siders of Wangatrai to strike, although tho union thejo had nothing in common with tho Federation. The secretary of the unions however, was a Federation sympathiser, but sit tho most, crucial tnno ho was found to be missing, and this hardened up won the stand they took against the mandate of tho tyrannical "lied Feels.," and through that action Wang'a.mii was kept an open port. This was of momentous service to Wellington in the days of the Isoldup, as it was through Watiganui tha*. the Empire City obtained her first consignment of southern flour, which ivas railed from that port 1o Wellington. Tho.country district did its share, for which it is entitled to much credit by .sending down to Wellington a lino body jof'spreinl ••j^^sb)jgsj^s«;n > o;;sTSsistctl , in opeiifng the locked port.'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1933, 16 December 1913, Page 14
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173WANGANUI & THE STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1933, 16 December 1913, Page 14
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