ON STRIKE.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1926, Page 3

ON STRIKE.

TRADES CONGRESS REFUSAL. TO CALL OFF STRIKE. [Australia & N.Z. Cablo Association.] (Received this day at 12 noon). LONDON, May 7. The Trades Council Congress Council has issued a. statement refusing, unqualifiedly, Mr Baldwin’s demand that it call off the general strike before a resumption of negotiations. The Council reiterates that it is still willing to resume negotiations unconditionally. N.S.W. SYMPATHY. j SYDNEY, May 7. A meeting of New South Wales Trades and Labour Council decided to assist in every way possible the strike of the British coal mines and resolved that local coal lumpers, seamen end miners should not handle any coal which they considered was to be <xported to Britain.

NUMEROUS PAPERS JSSUIXC

A FEW SCENES

[Renter Telegrams.]

(Received this day at 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, May G. Under blue skies the third mo-rui

of the strike found vast crowds going to-.business in London in a gay mood. Vehicles were as numerous as ever, hut the traffic jams were fewer, partly due to the drivers following hack ■streets hitherto unexplored. The principal centres of finteresl were in the newspaper world. The

offices of the “Daily Mail” and “Daily Herald” outside ' which crowds still gather, while outside the “Morning Post” office, where the British Gazette is published, a number of evident strikers congregate. There is no disorder, hut the gates arc shut and tlm police on duty. Emergency editions were also issued to-day hv the “Daily Telegraph,” “Daily’ Mail,” “Daily Express.” “Daily Mirror,” “Financial News,” “Financial Times” and “Evening News.”

The Outpatient Department at Ihc London Hospital is closed down owing to strike difficulties.

A mob attacked a bus near tho Elephant Castle, South London and set fire to one manned by a. volunteer driver and conductor, who were forced to dismount and were roughly handled as they endeavoured to get clear. 'I he passengers had been told beforehand to disembark-. Police galloped to the scene and constables and specials soon controlled the situation. The driver and conductor ol another bus which was waylaid and nearly crashed it.to Elephant Public House were also forced to fly for safety. London taxi men decided to join the strike at midnight yesterday, hut hundreds were on the street this morning. LONDON, May G. Twenty-two provincial evening papers published the usual editions and thirty I published emergency editions. Eight exhibited nows notices. Glasgow papers issued joint additions.

0F FI Cl A L ST AT EAI ENT. LONDON May G

A conflict occurred late last night at Edinburgh between a big crowd and police at which bottles and stones were thrown, windows smashed and the contents looted. Five constables and a number of civilains were taken to tho hospital. A police sergeant 7 was slashed in the hack with a razor. A moulded constable’s horse took fright and bolted and collided with a railing. The horse was killed and the rider severely injured. Five arrests were made.

It can Tic autlioritively stated there is no likelihood of the strike impeding overseas cable communication. The emergency services are rapidly improving in all directions and a great increase is reported in passenger trains on the main and local lines. Trunk lines arc now running three hundred to four hundred daily. London tubes arc re-opening to-day.