THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.
A MEETING IN CHRISTCHURCH. DEPUTATION TO THE MAYOR. [Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, July 18. About 1000 men attended a meeting of unemployed held in Cathedral Square this afternoon, Mr. J. Patterson, secretary of tho General Laborers Union, presiding. The following resolutions were passed: “That this meeting affirms the right to work”; “that this meeting of Ciiristchurch workers strongly protests against the. Government's immigration policy, alluring workers to the Dominion under false pretences when it cannot absorb the .labor in its midst”; “that this meeting of citizens strongly protests against the proposal of Dio Government to expend from £SOOO to £IO,OOO of public money in welcoming the American navy on the occasion of its visit to these waters.” After the meeting the unemployed were asked to stand in one corner, and betwen 70 and 100 did so. They then appointed a deputation, which waited on the Mayor, who undertook to forward t-lie'resolutions to the Premier and place the matter before the City Council on Monday. He also asked Air. Patterson to submit a list of men out of work, and to state if married and liow long unemployed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2247, 20 July 1908, Page 2
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189THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2247, 20 July 1908, Page 2
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