POSITION AT WAIHI.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 6

POSITION AT WAIHI.

4 ' KING ANO FLAG. SUGGESTION BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL. By lalßKaDli.-Pres« AisooltsHon.l Waihi, November 8, Men numbering about 250 coming Off shift this afternoon marched down tho mine road into Main Street, An open passage-way was made for them, and as they passed along one section : indulged in "booing," while others chcor* ed. At the bottom of tho street the men mounted the brakes, and wero driven homo. Hitherto tho brakes drove on to the mine property, whero tho men embarked. The Waihi Borough Council has issued the following circular, and resolution, and is posting the same to the borough and county councils thorughout the Dominion:— "I am directed to call your attention to a resolution passed at a meetihg on October SI, and ■to ask that your council discuss the question, passing ono of a like nature. Tho council realises that in .many quarters it may bo considered far-fetched and quite superfluous, but the trend of ■ events at Waihi goes to prove what a condition of things may arise, where tho doctrine of Socialism, and an adherence to the principles of the red flag, find footing unchecked. In communities where these are Unknown it cannot be realised to what lengths the followers of the red flag aro prepared to go, but the incident' of tearing up tho Union Jack in Main Street, IVaihi, may be quoted as an example. I would urge that this matter should receive tho serioub attention of your council, and point out that no one enjoying tho inestimable advantage of living under the Hnitin Jack should raise an objection, except on the point that his or her loyalty is apparently questioned, and the- declare tion may 6peak for. itself. (Signed) H, D. Morpeth; Town Clerk." Tho following is the resolution referred to:~ "That it bo a condition of all future employment on borough works that each and every person employed by the borough council must sign n declaration affirming his or her loyalty to the King and tho Union .Tack, and that none other than'those affirming their loyalty to King and flag shall, be employed in any capacity on • borough works, and that it be an instrnotion to the town 'clerk to forward copies of this resolution to all local bodies throughout the Dominion inviting co-operation," WHY PROLONG ITP Auckland, November 8. A movement is on foot in Auckland amongst ex-Waihi miners, now employed in tho oity, to call upon the leaders of the Federation of Labour to declare tho Waihi strike at an end, or explain satisfactorily what benefit they consider Would bo gained by prolonging its nienfcs are now in hand to. call a meeting to lie held at the Trades Hall at an early date to discuss the advisability of taking the course indicated. '. . ASTAIES ATHUNTLT, I .Huntly, November 8. The secretary.of the Waikato Miners' ; Union applied at the mine's office to-day for a copy of the pay dockets, to which ,he held he was entitled under Section 100 of the Cool Mines Act. This was refused, on the grounds that the men wore hot now working under the arbitration award. A circular, issued by the organiser, of the new union states that auoh rapid progress has been made that an agreement has been arrived with the company whereby; every man now starting work in the mines has to sign on with the new union, and in a few weeks an award will have been arranged.- The. new union provides; liberal accident and benefit funds and legal methods for settling all disputes, in virtue of which it ,is in .a position to compel the' Coal 'CJSmpahy not to recognise any other union, ' MINING PROGRESS. v'V" :. Waihi, November 8. In an interview with Mr. C. Rhodes, who .was presiding yesterday, at a' meet-: ing of the New Zealand Gold Mine-own-ers'. Association, he stated .that the Waihi Company's. pumps had ■ been restarted, but that it would take Well into tho new year before the. water .was towered sufficiently to enable the Grand Junction Company to reßume ore-breaking on a scale sufficient to run its mill, while the Waihi Company would also have to limit its operations until after No. 11 level Was water»free. . Meantime a further thirty miners would be sufficient to fill all the plaoes which it is desired to man in the mine, at any rate till after the holidays. No further labourers Or battery hands aro at present required.