THE INCONVENIENT STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4

THE INCONVENIENT STRIKE.

'f;J'ar-seeing.'.;hojisekeepers'i,in;,'Sy(ln(3y, '->, deter-, mwed--that'';tHe''striko-' : ,won!t .•affeoti'them: it theyv'cau/help'rit./iare.-giving/.immensb, orders. ■loVthfeir'''provision:- merchants - (writes- "Mar-. cia"v;in ; 'tii'e':;' , ,'Austr'alasian").':' 'JJhls.;. -because ;ciiey/iare..sure -must/in/time/': gO-/up, storerooms ; l vare; !Ma'oit«l/wfthi.}^^ : tcai'-'dozens,"of .'■jam;/sar'dinoSi/'/etc.•,';:ohe-,lady-■-wi'tk-a 'small)cdt't»ge/, : and-,"nqwh'ere.',/t6:''put' ahyth.irig', , '//'has"''an''.':uno'pened ':chest, of- tea; in. her'/'sittirigrrooin,''-hidden I'with, a'■' ftilledi'/or*-'-;ttf^iie/obTel;;j■^|3ho's-ift6;';t6; ; ta:c.aught.^t^^ljlllng J : .if and: candles .are'; be-, ing.-largely/'orde'fcd''by;'.'thpso>'whd v.ar6;"pe/fti-'mistic'i.etiough'-ttl believe::;that : ',the..supply,:..of, 'cut/bif.v.lnßesponse, to: Van appeal' {rom'-'tHb'/companies, sqine"fahiilies>are; tryihg.'to'do/:with ! 'a's'/little'jgas.?as'ppssible/,One, girl'/of-my/ abqUaintancS/.endeavouring. to ;dre'sa; /forVa'Stheatro:. ■■party'*by. the ligKt;of ;a; candle', t" ave'it-'up' in/despair'.:.'"What our ancestors; id : ';f.'.cant im&gind;'buthe'tb.'goe's'.to-: ii feas-,' i'iiyoi 'said^^"l':'cdnnot;' v.miiiiiig*" othe'rwis'e."/'.' Luckily^it,:;is' /summer, - and :'yery, ■.ple^ant; ; oUt : -. : of.:dobrsx:..a.nd 1 -nearly-; 8. ; '^/;:'?/;;' ;: ;: r ':;;:-' ; 7 i /''";'«,'VS;-/ A '/; f ; , :,>-"':/; ;.';. Friends -do ::ribt,'yisi.t,';.'bhe/another 'niuchiin tfeese strike 'dayf;-,-as'they; ard nover. sure howthey/will /.get !■ home; "Trams - and\ boats. : are "so. are •.'.6verbr.ow'ded...y At /.tho 1 ' railway, station./Zbh: 'S&turday; : '/men ; ,dow's- ; to'''seour9-s?!its;in-:tne trains; .women,and VohilQr«ii' l -'-'\v4fe'yd4tl«dr 4ittdy'push^.^'-,on"-. ; lhe ■fefry; ; whHves';''/.tiie.-'brdwilsi'iire'- so : enormous ;th'dt;'on6.raiyi;be;sW^ 'lady''''g , .6ihg',''out;';.t6/,''.din'he.il.':iin---- a /perfectly,-new; evening': dress - was ■■ pnsh'ed ■■, by/- the' crowd ; into .the-' harbour/;the>lbthcr riight.'■-,; A,'riiari.V':,'Ral T lantly-.jumped ; ;in';:.to,;.save''hbr,"and"'now: her. ,'husband:/has./.th.e:-pldasurb;of';bestpwing/.'a':fl ;dress"/upbn':hi4 a/ now; dress -suit upon ; liis- HoCdpesn't /know-' .whether; nolj-alwaj's' aveijt'ed,'' ftf .'at;;4facqriarrfe;;Streeiishows,/.when twoo'rbwded trams/tried '.tb/[p,ass-',bn'/.Monda'y' weck'V-'.Thoso'.' riding.'bn/Jthe/innerL'.fbo'tboards-were'.brushed off,'-one'linan being.'Killed;::anoth'er.'.maimed'fbr.'