THE STRIKE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1178, 29 November 1913, Page 4

THE STRIKE.

MR PARRY’S FACTS. Sydney, Nov. 27. Mr Parry, representing the Wellington Waterside Workers, and a repr .seutaiive of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, addressed the Wharf Labourers’ Union last night. He stated that the Dominion striker was more determined aud iu a belter position now than ever before, so lar as the hope ol winning the struggle was concerned. Numbers of unionists were resuming work, but it bad never been anticipated that they would remain out for any time, seeing that they only came out as a protest against certain action. Such resumptions did not affect the strikers iu the least.

The secretary of the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Uuiou says it is unlikely that the claims of the Australian Waterside Workers’ Federation will be dealt with until the present trouble is over. A conference with the shipping companies will be arranged in Melbourne with regard to the claims, but it is not likely to be held until the present dispute has been settled.

The Amalgamated Miners’ Association at Broken Hill has voted to the New Zealand strikers.

DECLINK to shave SPECIALS. A CURIOUS EXPERIENCECurious are the extremes to which some men will go iu support of their prejudices during the present industrial crisis, says yesterday's Dominion, It is related that one of the local foot “specials” dropped into a barber’s saloon at the Thorndou end ol the city on Wednesday morning to get a shave. He was evidently known to have worn the specials’ badge, tor when it came his turn 1 to slip into the cdair, the barber said, “We don’t shave specials here !” Under the circumstances it was useless to argue the point, and, with a smile, he left to seek another barber. He found another saloon about a hundred yards away, and iu due time took his seat in one of the chairs. The busy barber tucked a nice clean towel iu all round his neck, gave the chair a tilt back, and commenced to apply the lather vigorously. As this soothing operation was in progress the special related the experience he had encountered round the corner. The next thing that occurred took his breath away. The barber took a towel, wiped away the lather, whipped away the neck towels, aud informed the special that he, too, refused to shave a specialWondering whether he was really in Wellington or in a lunatic asylum, the still unshaven representative of law aud order proceeded farther up the street, and struck still another bather’s shop. Resolved that he would rot be shaved by a strike sympa thiser, he informed the barber before taking a seal of his experiences at the saloons of two of his adjacent coutemporaiies.

“My boy,” said the barber, “ take a seat, aud I’ll shave you twice lor nothing!” If this were a grand Guignol drama the third barber would have cut the special’s throat, and lowered the body into the cellar, but the special said that he was given the shave of bis life, aud would not need to trouble another bather for three days. It is also related that a tobacconist in the centre of the city refused to sell a “special” a packet of cigarettes, but lower down the street another of the trade insisted on his acceptance of a handful of cigars. In this wise the queer old world wags to day !