MEN UNDER ARMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 7

MEN UNDER ARMS.

2000 Carry Rifles—But No , Bolts Or Bullets. j ■ < POSITION AT ADELAIDE. (Received 12 noon.) i ADELAIDE, this day. The Mayor of Port Adelaide hopes to-day to suggest a "way out of the trouble on the waterside. No additional volunteer labour will be engaged until the unionists have had another chance to offer. Carters and drivers are all idle, and since the volunteers were chased from the wharves the handling cf wool has ceased. The organisation of the Citizens' Defence Brigade at Adelaide is proceeding smoothly. It is estimated that 2000 men, armed with rifles and bayonets, will be ready next week to cope with any further disturbances on the waterfront. More than 1000 have already been enrolled. No ammunition has been issued, however, and the bolts of the rifles have been removed. The city is in a state of excitement. Motor cars filled with armed volunteers are parading in the vicinity of the waterfront. The Premier of South Australia, Mr. B. L. Butler, announces that no addi-tional-volunteer labour will be engaged on Monday until the strikers have had an opportunity of registering under the Transport Act. The Commonwealth and State Governments have given undertakings that volunteer labourers will not be victimised. As a result of the strike Holden's motor-body building works are to be closed on Monday. This will render 1500 men idle. At Brisbane the police raided the Communists' rooms in the Trades Hall, but seized no documents. The Seamen's Union has decided to support the waterside workers in whatever action they take. The Premier of Victoria, Mr. E. J. Hogan, has expressed his horror at the bomb outrages which took place in South Melbourne on Friday night. He said ample police protection had been arranged and peace would be maintained. Delegates to a conference of the Waterside \Vorkers' Union to discuss the strike emphatically denounced the outrages. They said the men on strike were not associated with the dastardly acts.

UGLY TYRANNY.

(Australian and N.Z. Pre*® Association.) LONDON, September 30. The "Morning Post" says Mr. Tom Walsh, secretary of the Australian SeaUnion, warned the trades unionists in Australia that they were being used as wools to injure the country and the Empire. Whatever be the instigation of the present violence it is clear that an attempt is being made to terrorise the free people of Australia into submission by an ugly form of tyranny. The paper savs the Commonwealth has suffered often and long from such attempts. It seems that the time has come to make a stand. The terrorists may find they are up against not only the Government, but the public.