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Night Work for Women.
In our Telegram/137 about night work
for women we told you of an intended call
on Lord Shepherd by Mr. Gibson, General-
Secretary of the National Union of Hosiery
and Knitwear Workers. He was to be accomp-
anied by Mr. Pendergast, the Union's President,
and Mr./Greenhalgh, the General-Secretary
of the International Textile and Garment
Workers Federation. The Meeting was held
as anticipated on 17 March. Mr. Milhench
of the United Textile Factory Worker's
Assoiation and Mr. T. Matthews of the Union
of Tailor and Garment Workers who had also
written to the Minister, accompanied Mr.
Gibson at Lord Shepherd's invitation.
2.
The original purpose of the meeting
was to enable Mr. Gibson, Mr. Pendergast
and Greenhalgh "to discuss (with the Minister)
(Mr. Gibson's and Mr. Pendergast's) experiences
in the Far East with particular reference
to the position in Hong Kong". In view
however, of
subsequent correspondence,
it became clear that the meeting would be