ATTITUDE OF MAORIS
NO SYMPATHY WITH STRIKE. EXPRESSION OF LOYALTY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Maoris employed at the Westfield works have sent a telegram to the member of the Executive Council representing the Native race, Mr Paikea, dissociating themselves fi’om the freezing workers’ strike. It is stated that between 150 and 160 Maoris are involved in the dispute, and Mr Paikea has replied to their telegram suggesting that all Maori workers volunteer for service at the works immediately. The telegram, which is signed by Mi Koi Tarawa, is as follows: “We, the Maoris, as a section of the Westfield workers, do hereby send our protest of the notice for action taken by the majority of workers. As you have been vested with the power and rights therefore we ask you to exempt all Maoris from all disputes contrary to law and order for the duration of the war. God bless you and your Government in your endeavours to keep the common enemy now nearing our shores away.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 March 1942, Page 4
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170ATTITUDE OF MAORIS Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 March 1942, Page 4
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