TO MEET TOM WALSH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3000, 18 February 1926, Page 2

TO MEET TOM WALSH.

SALIORS’ WIVES “WELCOME.”

VIGILANCE ASSOCIATION PREPARING PLANS.

At a meeting held this week at the Public Hall, Canning Town, the Sailors’ Waves’ Vigilance Association of Great Britain and Ireland was founded, and the following resolution was passed unanimously

“This meeting of wives, mothers, and other dependants of the sailors, firemen, stewards and cooks affected by the recent unofficial strike protests against the manner in which this strike was manoeuvred. We condemn the leaders for having brought about the strike without first having made ample provision for the dependents of the men affected. The result was that thousands of women and children had to starve. We regret that no account has been rendered in respect to the money collected for our support, nor yet can we ascertain what moneys have been paid out and to whom. “In view of the above circumstances, we protest against Tom Walsh, of Australia, coming to this country with the sole object of stirring up strife. “For five years we have suffered hard and depressing times. We are looking forward to the new year for more prosperity and less strikes. * “Therefore we have resolved to form ourselves into a Vigilance Association in order that our views and interests may be impressed on strikemongers who shuffer least and gain most. ~ “It is further resolved to form representative committees in London and all other ports to sec that the interests of the women and children will he adequately protected, and we desire further to place on public record our appreciation of the magnificent manner in which the National Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union of Great Britain and Ireland stood by the women and children of the men of the sea in their hour of need.” The British, Australian, and New Zealander learns from a well-in-formed source that the women have hired a motor launch with masts, holding a hundred people, in order to meet the steamer on which Mr. Walsh will arrive, as soon as she enters the Thames. From the mast a suitable streamer with a suitable inscription will be flown. A deputation will board the ship and ask Mr Walsh before he lands to state \vh<at moneys were collected for them, where the money is, what he intends to do with it, and what his general plans are, at the same time notifying him that they are fully determined not to stand “any more of liis nonsense.”