UNION RUMPUS
SECRETARY DISMISSED
KEYS FORCIBLY SEIZED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Further dramatic scenes have characterised recent meetings of the Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies Lab-, ourers', and Related Trades Industrial .Union ol Workers, which in recent months figured in Supreme Court proceedings. >
It is alleged.that at a meeting this week the secretary, Mr. Bernard Clews, was forcibly relieved of keys belonging to the union after being summarily dismissed from his position by the : newly .-appointed executive! It is understood, that the secretary obtained the assistance of the police to recover certain keys which were his personal property and to supervise the counting of money in the safe in the union office. It is further stated that Mr. Clews has since, been unable to enter the office, as the lock on' the door has-been changed.. Mr. Clews is taking steps' to regain admittance to the office, and meanwhile he remains in possession of "a new motor-car, the property of the union.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1938, Page 10
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163UNION RUMPUS Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1938, Page 10
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