ADELAIDE STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 5

ADELAIDE STRIKE.

SVMPATHETIC POLITICIANS. By Association-Copyright. Adelaide, • December 19. The- position in regard to the drivers' strike is unchanged.. -. - ■ .- Addressing;. a massmeeting, Senator M'Gregor ■ (labour)- asked' the people", not to. believe stories .of acts of -violence; If they found somebody take [tho bread -from tlioir-'iiioiiths, they :might be tempted "to do;-whiit j they would hesitate to do .in. moro .sober therefore, it was tho duty oi: the police to 'do all,.they-.could to'assist those , men w;ho,.wero .asking, for a..more equitable distribution of . the., general. 1 prosperity. Although lie -.was the'" sworn representative of law arid order;' lie affirmed that the men .'ivetc justified in the position they had taken up. . - • Tho.. Premier (Mr. J. Verran) states that, the Government has ; mado, arrangements to delivet foodstuffs in necessitous ciisei, to, prevent extreme hardship. Fitms requiring goods ..to ■tm delivered would.be provided .witH-police':!,protec-tion ,on 4pplMtioii.';oilv6/ ,: -OoVetiiinent would see that all fuel required ; wolild He 'delivered,' arid would, also'tak6 -.into C6ld storage'-pjl -perishabie'goods. : ' The Drivers'. ' Union; . has decided to take a secret ; ballot on tho following question;— Do you consent to a fifty-two hours'week, at; Adelaide, and Port .Adelaide, -and fifty-four 'hours: on tho Port. Adelaide r.oad, at Bs. a. day?- .....