A THREATENED INVASION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1439, 14 May 1912, Page 8

A THREATENED INVASION.

MOVEMENT AGAINST CHINESE ITBNITUKE WORKERS. {By Telegraph-Prosa Associativa.} Auckland, May 12. On. being consulted upon the question | of the threatened establishment of Chines cahinetmaking factories in m-w Zealand, the secretary of the brnnch of the Federated Furniture Irades industrial Association of "Worker.-, said his union had been taking active stops in a quiet way for about a month past in connection with tho matter. Christchnrcn, where it was rumoured that a start would bo made by tho Chin.se, was the nrst iO move, and hud communicated with The oilier centre.*. The result was the furniture workers right throughout i*ew Zealand were now prepared to take united action, The Auckland Union had passcd a resolution guaranteeing support to • lip Cliristehnrcii Employers' Association, ami l!ic Christchnrch workers and most ot Auckiaud employers had already been approached. Everyone who had beer, seen hail signed a guarantee to. support the .southern protest against the- threatened Asiatic invasion. • • • • ~ At a meeting of the Auckland furniture workers the secretary was instructed to write to all unions in the city asking for their supnort in tho present .liiOVGineiu and emphasising tho necessity for the workers to see that the class of goods ihev bought was of Europ6aii manufacture lie was also instructed to set in ■ ouch with (lie local members of Parliament, and to take every means of pn&unns safely to the European workers in this matter. A special instruction was Riven io the 'ecretnrv to impress on -the wicker workers (he importance of Supporting this action, as the Chinese were past masters at. this form of industry, and as a natural con-cfiueneo would ioilow up this work if thev got a start among the cabinetmakers. \ Special committee, including amoiiß its numbers men with Australian experience, \rnh up to ensure continuity of ajtiou between the uaiou mceticgv ,