Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 24. 26th September 1973
Photo of a protest, with police and a flag
Left: Photo shows a scene from Monday night's picket outside the James Cook Hotel, where the visiting Portuguese Trade Mission were guests. The crowd of over one hundred suffered only one arrest — on a matter unconnected with the demonstration. The Mission which left for Auckland today (Wednesday) is here o promote trade with New Zealand, needed to subsidize its government's military expenditure in Africa, over 50% of its annual budget. The flag is that of the MPLA, (People's Movement for Liberation of Mozambique) — one of the African independence movements the Portuguese are trying to suppress. Yesterday (Tuesday, September 25) was the ninth aniversary of the launching of armed struggle for liberation in Mozambique, observed as a day of international protest against Portuguese colonial wars in Africa.