TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1913, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[I'ER JL'ItKSS ASSOC I iVTIUJN . 1 TILE WATERSIDE STRIKE. Wellington, This Day. The waterside workers' strike continues. At a mass meeting this morning, Mr (J. G. Farland, secretary to the Union, congratulated the men on what he termed their exemplary conduct since lhey came out. lie decrecated violence of any kind. He admitted that there was all possibility of a new union, which lie called "seal)'' union, being formed by men who were opposed to the sti ike. There was, lie said, some talk of a conference between representatives of the shipping companies and the I nion, but tin I'iiion executive had not had anything to do with moving thai proposal. Mr Mruce, assistant secretary, said that in a week's time the executive would know exactly what the position was. and whether the union was in a position to carry on a sirike. 1 f fhe union was defeated, it would not onh fie a blow to unionism in Wellington, but in the whole oi New Zealand. Sonic of tin 1 ships in the harbour are being worked in the harbour arc being' worked by permanent Avlinrf hands of the Harbour Hoard and shipping companies and crews. Several of the shipping companies' clerks are engaged in coaling and discharging cargo. Three or four men working" on the Mapourika. this morning were boobooed and heckled by the strikers, but the strikers were not allowed on most of the wharves. FOUND DROWNED. In. connection with the disappearance oi the seaman, John McKcchnic, rroni the Monawai, on the Kith, during the voyage from Lyttelion to Wellington, a verdict of found drowned was return-, ed, (here being- not sufficient evidence to show how deceased, went overboard. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Gisborne, This Day. Joseph Curran, a Syrian hawker, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat at M-uriwa. lie is in a critical condition. LIBERAL ('OUiNTRY CAMPAIGN. Hastings, This Day. A Liberal rally, held in the Olympia. skating rink last evening, was addressed by Messrs W. D. S. Mac Donald, G. Latirenson, and G. W. Russell, M.'sP. A resolution was carried unanimously expressing thanks to the speakers, and to Sir -Joseph Ward, for accepting file Opposition leadership, and to the Opposition for the fight it is putting up in the cause of democracy. The meeting' concluded with cheers for Sir Joseph Ward. About -">SO people. were present. HUNTLY STRIKE." Hamilton, This Day. Matters at Hunfcly are. still quid, and the pit head is a scene of desolation. ■ Hundreds of empty trucks are lined up. All coal which the company has on hand is now being sent out in fulfilment of orders, and fliert! is no reserve whatever. Peaceful picketing is still going' on, and the men appear quiet but determined. A number of the younger men left town yesterday.'The executive state that these are only holidaying', and registered

their names before leaving. Mr R. Semple left for Auckland yes(eiday afternoon, and Mr Gavin Stove, of the Federation executive, for the King Country. Both assured the miners speaking in their private capacity—of Federation support. The directors state that the men must the first move in the conciliation court at Hamilton. The local cart drivers have been given au advance equal to -Is per week all round, with hours and conditions similar to those obtaining throughout the dominion. MISSING. Mabel Gillander, aged 22, of Ngaruawahia, employed in the dental rooms at Cambridge, left a note on Wednesday, stating I hat she intended to commit suicide. Her hat was found on the river bank to-day.