EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 19 September 1912, Page 5

EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION

COLLECTI<>' OF INFORMATION. (By Xeleffrisit— fresa Association. CHRISTCHURC'H. Last Night. The Lyttelton Harbour Hoard has received a letter from the Under-Sec-retary of Internal Affairs, stating that at the request of the Royal Commission on Empire Trade, which is to visit the Dominion early next year, it was desired that all information likely to be of use to the Commissicvi bo collected and transmitted to Loudon. The Board has decided to call a .meeting of all interested in the subject for next Monday.

on the wharf totalled. 3000, and as the ti.fi. Wakatero came alongside Mr Canham, an official of the Waterside Workers' Union, mounted ou a high pile of copra bngs and informed Parry and his comrades.—"We are all here to welcome you, boy,", and we've knocked off work for the day." He then called for cheers ''for the working class victims of the big class struggle." The"*thrce prisoners whit the first to leave the boat, and were at once placed) in the waiting cab. One or two of the executive shook bauds with Tarry and telling him to cheer up. The police then mounted the vehicle, and walked along on each eide of it iintil the wharf was cleared. The crowd cheered loudly, and there was scenes of considerable excitement and enthusiasm.

'ACTION* OF WATERSTDE WORKERS. MASS MEETING SUGGESTED. DISCUSSION* TX THE RANKS. AUCKLAND. Last Night. Previous to the mild demonstration on the Wakatere's arrival, some 200 members of tlio W.ntprside Workers' Union held a meeting, and discussed the position. It was decided that on Saturday morning next, at 10 o'clock, .work would bo .stopped on the wharves, and a mass meeting of members of tlie Federation of Lalwur should be held at the Grey Statue, to protest against the imprisonment of the Wnihi strikers, and afterwards that a procession he formed to serenade the gaol. Tt appears, however.-that there is grave dissension in the ranks of the Union. It was pointed out to a Herald ronorter to-day that there were over HOO financial members, and 'int. a- third of these were present at the meeting when this decision wa-s come to. The "moderate" section in the Union now demands that a ballot shall be taken on the question of ceasing irork fin Saturday nrorriing..