Peter Fraser
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Peter Fraser was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. Considered a major figure in the history of the New Zealand La
Fraser c. 1942
Fraser in 1918
Poster featuring candidates for the 1919 general election, including Peter Fraser (centre)
Labour Cabinet, 1935. Fraser is seated on the front row, second right, next to Savage
Dockworker
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A dockworker is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships.
Peter Fraser
…joined the Independent Labour Party, but unemployment led him to emigrate to New Zealand in 1910. On arrival in Auckland, he gained employment as a wharfie and became involved in union politics upon joining the New Zealand Socialist Party. In 1916, Fraser was involved in the foundation of the unified Labour…
Longshoremen on a New York dock load barrels onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photograph by Lewis Hine, c. 1912.
At anchor, two barges with cranes (floating derricks) at port
A container is lifted from the deck.
Dockworkers on the containers in the ship's hatch