CITIZENS' DEFENCE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1900, 7 November 1913, Page 9

CITIZENS' DEFENCE.

GQiLiKEji.FOR LAW* .t ORDER:.

United action for tlio . protection oij life .uid property ami tlio upholding of> law and order is the ami of tlio Wcl-( lingtoit Oitteens > IVl'once Committee.. The committee was set up yesterday. The.. first employers' body connected with, tlio pr-oSeiit strike was' coiiiposcdi of slSfffiwiiWa." ; Nest' : a convmittce composed in''tha : malii "cif''membci's Of tho Wellington Employs' and the Industrial Associations,- Chambers of Commerce, Farmers'.'i'l^nion,-And tlio .Jlorchants' and kindred associations, , tho shipowners, ffas sot ■up'.,. Xow thoprofessional element has .lyeon'-'lntro- ? duced. and tho committee was yesterday niateriallv strengthened. by 'Uio'addifiQrt> of a I'irßo number..of ldsiil 'professional jtiwi whoso Ciitoi'^sts'':am'iu 1 iio' Wfi'y^tlfrcct.lv alieeted bv or with tho m'Ofenh dispute, but who hro deeply .coiiecniocl at. tho swHous disturbances. and .street: ihhtinf; -that. arc How. of aliiiost ,;.dh:tls.' occurrence, and also at tlio critical' to which i'lic trnde of tho'.port and city has been brought by tlio admit - fitfikors ' find their; friends ; sympa' tinsel's. ■, ■ ■■-. ri.-a.:... > irti , ■

■ The Post Ofliee .Square a I 10-30 o'clock hist mjit, pre uiled i decried te of husjiiwfty f-or at least a foitnijJit. NotUtaft wtts stirring; At 'all, silVoTTf iqvr police hi greatcoats standing at main, entriiiice id tho Queen s Wliart- . • {Continued, on Pago * ■) ~.