Where was Walsh?

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 487, 17 October 1928, Page 16

Where was Walsh?

Vain Call at Seaman’s Meeting UNION CONDEMNS HIM “Walsh, W’alsh. Is Mr. Walsh here?” There was no reply when this call ran through the Mechanics’ Institute, Miller’s Point, Sydney, last week. An invitation to be present at the meeting of the Seamen’s Union had been extended to Mr. Walsh, but apparentlv it had not been accepted. After a search and a call through the building the doorkeeper came outside and stared intently at the landscape, apparently in search of Mr Walsh. But he could not see him. Once again Hamlet was played without the Prince of Denmark. “Walsh is a disruptive influence, who has the audacity to walk about in human form,” said one of the speakers at the meeting. Threats that at least four officials of the union would be “dealt with” were made. A police official kept a watchful eye on the proceedings. .Allegations were also made that Mr. Walsh’s law costs in his suit against Johnson were being paid fey a ship-owner, and that W r alsh’s present telephone address was the Constitutional Club. It was officially stated at the Seamen’s Union office that the following resolution had been carried: “Seeing that Thomas W’alsh, book No. 6. was found guilty by the members at special meetings of the union on December 29 and 30, and on January 3, 4 and 5 last, of charges made against him, he, for the purpose of ending all disputes, be recalled; and, further, under new rule No. 1, made by the recent plebiscite of the members of the union, he be declared ineligible to hold any official position in the union.”