THE WOMEN’S PART.
A Win-the-War Movement
Appeal to Strikers’ Wives.
Labour Faction Opposes Motion
(Lyheitcn Timep)
A meeting cf Chria;chnrc§’ women, oalled by the Canterbury branch of the Women’* National R servo, was held oa Saturday raouiing at the Y.M C.A. to appeal^J the miners’ wives particularly, and to wcmsntofk gcneia'ly, to use their h floenee to end toe miners’ strike. Thete wra an attmdipoe _of cose on 100, p esided over by M*s Wiilifcm Wood, president of be branch, among rue ecr being the Mayore a (Mrs H Hand). Mra Wood said thav tbe mieting had been called to piss a resolution relating to the taint ra’ strike on the West Coast. The strike was a women’s question, and oue that affected the vital interests of th 3 country, aod.in such a case the principal sufferers were the women and children, A strike would retard tbe wfcnle piogre-s and work of the Dominion at a most ctit;-
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1917, Page 3
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158THE WOMEN’S PART. Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1917, Page 3
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