IN CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14837, 1 December 1913, Page 7

IN CHRISTCHURCH

WORK GOING SMOOTHLY; ; P Everything went on very smoothly in 5 town on Saturday. A great deal of go<_l';•:------work has been accomplished, by; the-; members of the new Driven. Union, ' which is in a flourishing state. Quito a number of the old hands turned iip at, , their employers' places of business "on' .■-' Saturday morning, and. intimated thefrwillingnoss to resume work. .; '.;;; On" the first day that carting was ; seriously taken in hand thero wero moved from the A ahd;U; ; railway sheds 120 lorry loads, and on Friday 134 loads.of merchandise were shifted from the stores to the merchants' warehouses and shops. All the, work was done by the n_>mDe_. of tho new union. In tho two ; days they : ; shifted be-iveen 1400 and; 1500 tons ' of .goods.-. ■ "• OLD DRIVERS M*rTCT_ r . ■'•;;;;",' A meeting of drivcre and others interested was held in _ie: -ki_>.«»r_.: .

Hall on Saturday morning, this being the meeting that was adjourned from Friday. Seen by a reporter, Mr Hiram Hunter said tho meeting was simply called to talk over matters connected with the strike, and that no decisions were arrived at. "On Monday night," said Mr Hunter, "we are going to hold a monster meeting of drivers and other unionists to definitely decide what further action we will tako with regard to the strike." „•'•_._» "Will the question of calling it off be considered?" asked the reporter. "Certainly not," was the reply, "there is absolutely no intention of doing that, in fact it is more likely that it will bo extended. I am pleased to say that the majority of the men aro splendidly loyal and solid for their organisation."