MEETING OF RAILWAYMEN AT NAPIER
DEMANDS ACTION BY PARLIAMENT By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, October 3. One of the largest meetings of reilwnymen in Napier was held to-day at the .lunch, hour, and endorsed the, . eto. e shop's resolution as tollows: Ihat .tlis mass meeting of railway employees ot Napier vigorously protests against the continued inaction of the Government to seriously grapple with the cos o living. ' Meanwhile enormous war prohls are being made. On the one hand wlalst the prices of the necessaries of life a:e going up by leaps «nd bounds, ™ge»iemain stationary, consequently tie sundard of life is still declining. Many aiticles of food and clothing are being replaced' by inferior goods in less quantities and the struggle for'.existence glows keener and keener.. In many cases men with families-are unable to obtain tue necessaries of life for growing cludren or .to make both ends meet.. AVe Uierefore demand that Parliament assembled immediately take the necessary steps to definitely fix the prices of food and clotliing, within the limits of our wages or increasing our wages by the amount required to purchase those articles.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 8, 4 October 1917, Page 6
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185MEETING OF RAILWAYMEN AT NAPIER Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 8, 4 October 1917, Page 6
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