POSITION IN DUNEDIN

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14829, 21 November 1913, Page 11

POSITION IN DUNEDIN

"SPECIALS" STILL KEPT IN THE BACKGROUND. V SHIPWRIGHTS CEASE WORK. . , (SPECIAL TOj"THK-.rKKSS.") . DUNEDIN, November 20. This'morning the balance of the Moeraki's 800 tons.of cargo was quietly put out into the sheds, nobody attempting to penetrate the enclosure without a pass. It -was generally known that the Corinna. would be "worked" after the Moeraki, and the formidable barriers «rectecl, showed that she was to be loaded where, sho has'been lying for a fortnight. Tho arbitrationiste who had emptied the Moeraki in two days were" not inarched round to the new sceno of work, but were transported by launch. As the launch made fast to the Corinna's side, and the 'men began to swarm up.the swinging .ladder the big crowd became vocal/ but tho distance was too wide for effective invective. About 150 tons of general cargo are stowed in the sheds, and this quantity •will be shipped to the Corinna. She also takes-in the transhipment cargo lifted from the Moeraki. ATTACK ON A LORRY. Just before 10 a.m. there was a little bit of wild work in the street that nm* parallel to the Cross wharf. One of Spencer and Dunkley's terries, laden I with bags of chemical manure from the I MoerakH was rushed by half-a-dozen men as it turned the corner arter passing the Birch-street barricade, and as few seconds about twenty-fire of tie bags were thrown on the road. The incident brought to mind the .rushing of the drays that.were taking oats to the Te Anau in the heat of the 1890 stnke. Several oolicemen ran to the <3«ence. and prevented further ™ t «" €ren , c ',X Superintendent Dwyer. who reaehwthe spot in a few moments., ordered the arrest or the two men. Before the order could be obeyed one of the two men h*d vanished into the surging and excited crowd. The other was arrested fndlakTnto the *fhe gave the name of Thomas K™g£i and described, himself, as ». ..«*»

labourer. The arrest was not forcibly rested. So far as one could gather the rush upon the lorry was the work of a few excitable men, not the outcome of planned coup, and though the mci-, dpnt let loose tome feeling, the police do not regard it as a premeditated attack upon law and order. Anyway, there was no sign of any ."specials" brt"mj bronght on the scene as a result. The -ordinary police handled the affair firmly and with good temper. " WATERSIDERS ROOMS. Tho Chairman of the Ilarbour Board will ask the watersiders to vacato on Saturday the premises they occupy at the Rattray street wharf. The angle there may be required lor barricading. SHIPWRIGHTS ON STRIKE. As tbo result of six shipwrights havjn" ceased work at Port Chalmers yesterday rather than do casual labourers' work* a meeting of the Otago Shipwrights' Union vras held last night to discuss the situation. The result was a decision to call out all the members. Xo shipwrights, therefore, started work this morning. About forty shipwrights in Port Chalmers nnd Dunedm are affected. One immediate effect of their ceasinc work is that the launching of the Ilarbour Board's new tug -will be delayed. Work was proceeding steadily to-day at the steamer Mokoia in dock. CONFERENCE CONVENED. Tho Mayor of Port Chalmers is arranging to have a conference between delegates from tho Waterside Union and representatives of the business people of the town in the Council Chambers to-morrow afternoon, to discuss the position in respect to the strike.