WATERSIDE STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1963, 21 January 1914, Page 7

WATERSIDE STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA.

:fv 1 THE ' DOWN-TOOLS-AFTER-TEA' DISPUTE. ; i /Sydney,--January-. 20. tho -'wharf; m«i> in not. tca-was'agiiiiist r the ait the.'secretary of' tho. union, who ;aih-flc'at«d working under tho old agrw■nwiiWuid ilj tlm' tuiiou* can bllicially deal with tJuvsitii.ii tio])-; n ' '"''' *.-'■ Meantime the,.shipping companies are malting, the.'best. of tho position, omploy<iiiß asanany meii; : ais possible during the .regular dav-litmv • ' ■ WALLAHOO STHIKF, NOT SETTLED. Adclatcl&i January 20. sftTlio'Wallarao strike is still unsettled. iSevcral'.yesscls aro held up, and others have been deviated from two port,. LESSONS FOR THE/'REDS." bOtTll AFHIf \ AND NFAV ZF-A-LAND. - ' : (Rec. .lamsavy 'JO, 8.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 20. • The- "Sydney Sun," in a leading article dealing' with tho ■. South African strike,'®'says that tho Australian trade unionists' "Red Section'' has had two .lessons—one in South Africa and the other in Now . Zealand —within a few months. 1 u New-Zealand tho general fstrike- was tried in ono of the quiotcsi and most peaceful 'communities, with the employing bodies full of the spirit of concessions, and a Government which would uso armed force only with the greatest reluctance. In South Africa, the employers, the Government, and tho public turned instinctively to their rifies, bayonets, and guns. Both strikes failed."' ■ The talk is not of revolutionary success, but of legal enactments, for arbitration and conciliation, These examples should be. a warning to workmen when they are rushing the "gen-, eral strike,'.' for'they arc looking then for. defeat. Legal methods must- ill tho' ond prove best for the workmen, ; 5:, ''