A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS.
THE MARINE ENGINEERS. A FALSE REPORT. WELLINGTON, Last Night. "We have at the present moment offers from- quite a thousand men, all with horWs, to come to Wellington," said Police Commissioner Cullen to a reporter this afternoon, "but we cannot take any more. The offers are from all parts of tho Wellington provincial district, and also from Taranaki and Hawke's Bay. I can assure you that many men have come down without any authority from u£ They have paid their own expenses, and brought their own horses, and we have under the circumstances accepted their services." According to a telegram received by Mr T. R. Wallace, secretary of the New Zealand branch of the Institute of Marine Engineers, the Lyttelton Times this morning stated that the marine" engineers, are '■ prepared to join the,strikers. .''This,'! said; Mr Wallace to; a post representative this afternoon, "is quite incorrect; Wo are not affiliated to any organisation, and are not committed in any way to the body which is responsible for the present industrial tixmbles."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 5
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174A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 5
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