QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1163, 25 October 1913, Page 2

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.

FIGURES IN THE STRIKE.

The Foxtou trader, s.s. Queen of the South, figured in the strike at Wellington yesterday, and was rushed by the strikers. When the strikers saw who the free labourers oil this vessel were their tempers cooled somewhat. Youths and shipping cleiks from Levin and Co.’s local office, in white shirts, were lumping bales of flax and wool and hides. They were doing good work, too. They were soon the centre of a threatening crowd of excited strikers, who crowded over the decks and hemmed the free labourers in. Blows were struck. After some delay Mr W. E. Fuller, manager of Messrs Levin and Co.’s Shipping Department, obtained the services of a policeman, and this had a sobering effect on the crowd. Later more policemen appeared, and order was restored when the chairman of the Harbour Board and the wharfinger appeared on the scene and the vessel completed unloading.

Amid cheers the announcement was made that if the strikers left the wharf the free labourers would be knocked off. Having gained their object, the crowd of strikers left the scene of previous disorder still breathing threats of causing more trouble.