The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUISDAY, MAY 28, 1912. THE WAIHI STRIKE IS OVER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1912, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUISDAY, MAY 28, 1912. THE WAIHI STRIKE IS OVER.

In yesterday's Chronic!,- it, \v;is an--111>i111ct•! 1 that tlic \\ :ii 11i -tnkc would ho "declared oil' during the week now current. I" (lie light of an announcement made in \\*t-11 i n Lit <11 s yesterday, tin* Chronicle's prouoiiucemi• JiL may lie viewed with suspicion, lint we arc content to let. time show who is right. r riie announcement ofliciallv made to tin* in Wellington states that "the executive of tile New Zealand Federal ion of Labour, in whose hands I'nll control | of the Waihi dispute has Ik en vested. met on Saturday, and considered certain newspaper statements aneni the trouble. The Federation stateithat all reports as to intern il dissension and baekingdown are absolutely without foundation, and that tin* action taken by the AVailii men has tin* full endorsement of tin- executive. The executive also denies the statement that it its •calling oil'' the strike on Monday morning, the statement heing without the slightest foundation in fact, and asserts that the I'ederTition ol Labour is in full accord with the men on strike.' I In* foregoing is explicit enough, but capable of explanation. The executive is desirous of "letting down lightly" the erring sect ion of the federation which hn.s committed the tHelical hluntler, but alsw it, recognises that to back it up would be suicidal. The Waihi strike Is over, we repeat, and before the end of this week the strikers will be doing *o with their picks and other suitable implements. Tho irresponsible, hot bended malcontents whose unreason enmsed the strike are about to he "'turned down." and it will be seen bi a, very few weeks' time thai the quieter and saner section* of labour now comprise! in the federation will bet '(itne definitely separated from the "sansculottes" whose mad gallop* have 'been drawing the Federation coach perilously near the precipice of industrial perdition. LEVIN' TO OIMSATFOKD RAILWAY. "'Levin should Ke.t it. too," is the comment of the Fcildiug .Star upon the request of the Levin Chamber of Commerce to have the Auckland express trains stopped regularly at thfe town. In its article on the matter the Star says:—"ln an editorial the other day we pointed out tlwt the Main Trunk trains could not run payably without feeders. Lcrin for some time has been urging the stoppage of the .Main Trunk train there, and yesterday a deputation waited upon the new Minister and reminded him that both the Hon. J. A. .Miller (late Minister of .Railways) and Sir Joseph Ward had promised, favourable consideration of this request. Mr Millar had assured them that once they had got high water-pressure at Levin the express would stop there. Tho deputation pointed out that there was no other instance in the dominion where a train went for 8-1 miles Avithout a stop. Levin served a large neighbouring district, including settlers at Foxton, Ma n alia u, and Shannon. A petition signed by 600 settlers had been sent in urging that tho request bo aeceeded to, hut nothing inoro was heard of the matter. Mr Myers promised to consider the mailer. As a matter of fact there is always a stop somewhere between Paekakariki and Palmereton, and it might as w-ell as fixed at Levin.