WOOLWICH ARSENAL WORKERS.
MR. HALDANE HOOTED,
REPLY TO A PETITION,
Press Association—-Copyright. Received May 20, 10.41 p.m. LONDON, May' 20,
King Edward’s reply to the petition, as sent through Mr. Gladstone, was read at a mass 'meeting of Woolwich arsenal employees.. The reply (expressed grief at the distress arising out of the lack of employment, and was confident no man would be discharged whose labor could be profitably utilised in the public service. Everything would be done to mitigate the unavoidable , hardships referred to in the petition to Mr. Haldane, who expressed a personal wish to that effect.
The reply was received with cheers, but Mr. Haldane’s name with groans.
The meeting resolved in favor of summoning Parliament, with a view to stopping the discharges.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2085, 21 May 1907, Page 3
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