The Hon. H. T. Armstrong
(Minister of Labour and of Immigration in New Zealand)
Today's speaker in this series, which is planned primarily for the Empire, was born at Bulls, New Zealand, and educated at Bulls School. He has had a varied career, having been a flax-mill worker, bushman, and gold and coal miner. He has been President of the Waihi Miners' and Workers' Union, and was for many years prominent in the industrial and political organisation of the Labour movement in New Zealand. He was Vice-President of the first New Zenlnnd Federation of Miners, first
Vice-President of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, for five years General Secretary of the West Coast Workers' Union, Secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union from 1919 to 1922 and Vice-President of the New Zealand Labour Party. He has been a Member of Parliament for Christchurch East since 1922.