FORCE OF 2000 MEN.
ASSEMBLING AT AUCKLAND. (By TelesraDh.—Press Association.) Auckland, October 31. Plans aro rapidly being completed to counteract the effects of tho strike. Early next week a large body of men will. bo assembled from tho city and country districts to discharge and load cargo, and protect men who •undertake this work: - Thero will bo at tho comjjnflixi nf the iMiMic authorities aa largo
a number of men ns thoy require. Steps aro being taken to orgaaiiso a force of 2000 men, who will undertako any duties which they may bo allotted. Offers are being received hourly, and two thousand men have been-offered by tho Waikato farmers. Oilers of assistance have also ,foeen -received from other centres.. Tho assembling of tho farmers will bo commenced at tho beginning of next week. The present intention is that, before this body of men enters Auckland, a deputation from them will approach tho Strike Committeo with conciliatory proposals. A canvass of the city -was mado to-day, with tho result that, within & fow hours, 500 citizens; offered' their services to tho Mayor for work upon the wharves or for duty as special constables, theso men being drawn from offices, warehouses, and shops.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1895, 1 November 1913, Page 7
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200FORCE OF 2000 MEN. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1895, 1 November 1913, Page 7
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