IN THE OTHER CITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 8

IN THE OTHER CITIES.

DUNEDIN MOVING. SPECIAL MEN & NEW LABOUR. BARRIERS ON WHARVES. (fiy Telegraph.- Press Association.) Duncdln, November 17. At 1 p.m. to-day iIS "specials" from the city :uid .'suburb's had been sworii ill, and th<\so wero paraflcd this afternoon, when final instructions Wcte givefe During the dav mounted "specials" Mm north and south roue ill without ostentation, and, at Talrana Park, there are at least 150 men. Tlio $t.rcn;gtli of tlio new unionists Who will work tho Moeraki is nearly &0 men, of whom a third 1 are experienced waterside workers. At least WO names of country men willing to worlc have ■been received, but those in authority do not wish to use those while there is Airy ehaiice Of iiic.il _ offering who have mado this work their rfcgiilar It was hoped to get tilio Waitonio away on Saturday to discharge her cargo of coal at the Bluff, and proceed 'to Newcastle, but tho firemen refused to sign on unless a guarantee was given that the boat would 1 not proceed! to any port where a labour trouble existed 1 . Tho company could' hot give that assurance, and the vessel, remained'.

A start was .made this afternoon to barricado tlio approaches to the Birch Street Wharf. The v;Ork was carried out by the Harbour Board at. the instigation of tlio police. ■ A . batch of strikers surveyed tho operations with! an air of curiosity, but offered no obstruction. Hie Moeraki, which is to bo the first, steamer worked, lias about 300 tons of cargo to discharge. Coaling operations on Dredge 424 wero continued to-day.