RELIEF STRIKE

Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1932, Page 5

RELIEF STRIKE

DECLARED OFF

IMPR VEM ENT IN CONDITIONS.

Liiy Telegraph, Per Press Association

WELLINGTON, Alay 21

The relief workers’ strike was officially declared off at a meeting of de,egates -this morning.

•*A« a result of ixpresentations made to Mr Coates and promises g-ven,:’ said .Mr Vella, chairman' of the strike ijo.iifiiittw, later, “we have definitely gained a small improvement in that the scale of pay wd> be supplemented by rations, though the extent of the benefit gained is unknown till M* 1 Coates’ new grant comes into operation.’’

A mass meeting carried a vote of thanks to Air P. Fraser, M.P., for the splendid way in which lie had attended to our wants, to Mrs Snow for her assistance in the soup kitchen, and to the Alliance of Labour and the Trades and Labour Council for the use of halos and services rendered. ‘ The relief workers’ organisation set up during the strike has not been disbanded.

OFFICIALLY DECLARED OFF

CHRISTCHURCH, May 22

Following a mass meeting of the unemployed relief workers, the strike, which has been carried on m Christchurch as a protest .against the new rates of pay and yiii’e- conditions on the relief works has been officially declared off.

PROTEST BY EX-SOLDIERS

DUNEDIN, May 21

A meeting of one hundred returned soldiers passed the following resolution ; —“We disabled soldiers in receipt ■of pensions emphatically protest against ex-servicemen being penalised for relief work under No. 5 scheme, because they .are in receipt of disability pensions.”