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- ↑ The Evening Post, 30 April 1936 Page 10
- ↑ The Evening Post, 25 September 1936 Page 10
- ↑ The Evening Post, 1 October 1936 Page 10
- 1 2 New Zealand Clerical Workers Union : Records, Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand
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