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Among tho firms that aro going to • reopen- their placets of business to■__j_J are Messrs Aulsebrook -and Jgi the Atlas Biscuit and Confection- ■..:• 4ftr Co., and Scott Bros., Ltd. Messrs ; aulsebrook open all departments, the •/.Atlas 00. the biscuit department only, and; Messrs Scott Bros, reopen the ;.■-' boiler-making,. fitting, and range, de-v-;.*p_rt__a.tSi .-■■■.... ;-:'-..--■_.■.■••-" ■ -A rath .r amusing incident took place °- __• ----trance to the King Eda.-.; ward Barracks on Saturday afterv" "°W-'.'A*? well-known - _i__en was ■■■^-JSPS *■ *-** "Euard Vat tbo gate, baton,-when up came a

dilapidated old man. bearing a dirty sack' on his shoulder. The stranger peered intently \at the "special" for a moment, then straightened himself up, and solemnly sang two verses of "The Red, White and Blue" in a cracked but exceedingly loud and piercing voice. The songster then made a few remarks about Britannia being the pride of the ocean, nnd other patriotic sentiments, and stumped off about his business.

Ono of the drivers recently on strike but now a member of the new union had something to say to a reporter concerning the strike in genoral and the drivers' part therein, particularly. In the first place, he said, under the constitution of the Federation of Labour,- to which the Drivers' Union was affiliated, it was provided that a dispute shall pass through the hands of the Transport Executive, who must make an attempt to settle it before it was passed on to tho Federation of Labour. To his knowledge, the provisions of the constitution had been totally disregarded. The Transport Executive was ignored in the matter, and ho had heard it said that the two local representatives of that body were never consulted iii any way. "What's the good," he added, "of having a constitution that is to be disregarded in this manner?" Then again, he said, the drivers in Christchurch were never called upon to "come out." _"_ey did it without being asked, and lots of them felt that that was a mistake that would take a lot of rectifying. "I will say this, however," he continued, "that Hunter did his best at the long meeting last Monday to get exemption for the City Council workers, the bakers' drivers, and the taxis. But It was no go. The general feeling was every one or no one."