BEER STRIKE
CONTINUED IN WELLINGTON. BIGGER “HANDLES” NOT ENOUGH. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Notwithstanding the action of the Licensed Victuallers in increasing the size of the "handle” cf beer, the Wellington watersiders today passed a resolution reaffirming their decision to continue the boycott. An impromptu meeting was attended by GOO to 700 men. Their demand is that the price be 6d per Imperial pint. It was further decided that the trade should be brought under the Weights and Measures Act. The Wellington timber workers have decided to support the boycott till the price is satisfactorily adjusted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1939, Page 8
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98BEER STRIKE Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1939, Page 8
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