GENERAL STRIKE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1913, 22 November 1913, Page 7

GENERAL STRIKE NOTES.

Trentham Range Re-opens. After being closed for three weeks oil account of the strike, tlic Trent-ham rifle range will bo re-opened -to-day. A Suffere?. A sufferer by the action of tho police in not allowing nnyono to stand for ' a moment on the pavements surrpunding Post Office Square is the old man who keeps the bookstall, alongside' the old Main entrance of the Post Office. Yesterday he put tip a notice, "Move on, t>r this stall will be closed." • Building Labourers. A meeting of the Building Trades Gem 'eral Labourers' Union was held yesterday for the purpose of calling the roll. The rcsponso was stated to be perfectly satisfactory. The union will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday to hear addresses lay Messrs J. Dowgray and John Payne, M.P. Railway Parcels Delivery. The Railway Department lias been notified that Messrs. M. liiiiiss and Son will bo abte to resume the delivery of parcels from the railway stations on Monday- PiSring $ho week a large proportion of the- parcels have been delivered by the city tramway freight service. At HoMtma. Wharf operations at Holdtika are continuing quietly. Tho llolmdalc sailed for tiinaru yesterday afternoon With a full load of sawn'timber. Food Supplies on the West Coast, In consequence of the strike and the attendant diminution of traffic- on the railway lines., tho Railway Department lvaye found it necessary to cut out several trains in tho Grey mouth service. Business people on the West Coast are also feeling-the pinch, and already the service of a nunibef of employees have, in consequence of a decrease in trade, been dispensed with. The Government has agreed to run goods trains from Ghristchurch to Halpin Creek (Bealey Fla-t), so that the coast can get m food supplies that way. Flour, potatoes, and ■Other food stuffs are almost exhausted, and in Westpoft the position has Iwcoimc so acute that potatoes and •flour have been sent from Hokitika overland. Tho cost of transit is about £4 per ton. The Christchurch Specials. A reporter who saw the Christclmrch special constables at lunch on Wedn.es-> day at the show grounds had a good opportunity to study them. Thero was none that seemed to fill the description that tho strike orators are never tired of attempting to impress on their hearers. "The undisciplined rabble" that tho public, are asked to believe is the hall-mark of the special c.onsta : blo is not on the show grounds at present. A finer lot of men could not be wished for. Tho majority of them are sturdy, wellbuilt, and intelligent, and there is not the slightest doubt as to their enthusiasm. There was 110 roughness cither in conversation or hehaviour, but there wero innumerable instances of that good comradeship that- soon comes into existence when ;nen are gathered together for a commoa purpose. The class of mon oh the show grounds at present reminded the reporter of the men who gathered thei-e some 13 years ago to form tho Third Contingent for South Africa—»iiot the kind of men to got out of hand easily, especially with such an old and seasoned campaigner as Colonel Chaffey at their head. Appreciation of Law and order. (By Telejjrajrii.—Sjiseial Correspondent.) Masterton,. November 21. At a meeting of tlie Masterton Chamber o! Ccmimerc-e yesterday (says oiir special correspondent) the following resolution, proposed by Mr. (J. C. Summerrell wits carried unanimously; "That this Chamber desires to place on record its keen appreciation of the action oi the Government in its efforts to maintain law and order during the presw.it industrial crisis and that a copy ol this resolution be forwarded to tli(j Prime Minister and Minister of Justice.. That this Chamber congratulates tho Farmers' Onion on the work done by it in sending n : .en to Wellington to assist to maintain ordor and io provide labour , for shipping product'.'*