THE LATEST,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1596, 13 November 1912, Page 8

THE LATEST,

STRIKERS LEAVING THE TOWN, CONSTABLE WADE'S CONDITION. The latest advice received by the Minister from .Waihj is to tho following effect:— .'•■'•. Tho town has been quiet to-night, and orderly, . Some of the more prominent strikerso.ro leaving.tho town already, and others are preparing to leave. Constable Wade is not quit© so Well tonight. THE INJURED CONSTABLE, Constable Wade was stationed at Mount Cook, Wellington, at the time of his dispatch to_ Waihi with the special contingent of pbUca* : constables. He joined the fores in IMO. For some time he was stationed' at Lambton Quay, and the wharves was one of the beats to which ha was frequently assigned. On the transference of Constable Doyle from Mount.Cook to Lambton Quay a few months ago, Constable Wade was sent to Mount Cook to do the "inquiries" work. Ho is single, and hails from the Auckland district. OATH OF. ALLEGIANCE, A circular from tho Waihi Borough '' Council asking the council to pass a resolution to the effect that there bo imposed, an oath of allegiance to the King and country and the flag in all futuns agreements of employment was endorsed by the Karori Borough Council at its meeting last evening. RESOLUTION BY BUTCHERS' UNION. At a specal meeting of the Wellington. Operative Butchers' Union, held last evening, the following resolution ijs unanimously carried; "That this meeting of workers 'condemns the action of tho

at Waihi during the industrial trouble there, which has been tlie means of bringing about the deplorable state of affairs oxisting in Waihi to-d&y; also demanding tho immediate release of our 00 odd ' fellow-workers who are unjustly, in gaol, and put there at the bidding of the capitalistic Government. The -union also expresses its disgust at the different treatment meted out to the arbitrationists who apparently are the first to do acts of violence in connection with the Waihi trouble. No'action as far as can be ascertained has been taken against them."