Wellington.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 64, 5 September 1890, Page 2

Wellington.

■ i(Fromd)ur Own Correspondent.) The irregular running ot the steamers across the Strait since the strike began renderaitproblematicalwhentbiswilF reach you, but in the hope that it will be in time for Friday’s issue it is jMnsijgned to.its fate. I frr , ißol-lbidal. Xs. Adelier feom the Empire pify woull not be complete without reference to the. political "sit bull i the [fact; is thp.wpek has beep a barr i en,.one,. ) .and, there is little [to,‘ report 'in''additibiFto what I have”-wired you; ' The- House started , to, sit , on pfternpon to-day, ’ which may, ‘bp mean an endeavour to gel through the remaining- of 1 the- Rusinesa : as ; sopn as possible., .There are still, howevbr, !!! few" Bills/. to J be dealt; with befoi;e ! the House ddjoufhs,' and j.the balance' of the estimates-req;uirA ’fo’ be passed. If the House is in' a business fraipe of mind,, fhe .bulk of, these; should be, got through'. % the; end of yreek;' but a‘bad' ; start was ’ made afternoon, pvhjch, Was absorbed by those. ■ loquacious members,'' Fish and Co,, 4f the Government’s. itiitude dn.thelabpur'^puesfipn.,Of course^ nothihg.; practical, .folfqwe4»' Mt' a'few of tlie .memhers _ gained their [ poini ‘ ‘ hy, addressing ; theia constituents . through Hansard.’ ' ” J . " ■’ ,! ‘ !l r : m ■. 1 --.15 ■>;!; --i.n hi .'UUM'f I I.;--;'.' j, .Th^-HtnikeS.::;,::

This isdhsTtPpio of interest, and it .daily becomes mete ■ absorbing.’* Brio-'. tiieally 1 it i& 'at present’ confined to ’tlie l Union S.S. 00., but 'the ramifications of the agitation threaten to, involve othet concerns'/, "'I. ‘ iiS :: inclined ‘’ to think the "bb fcbtt ‘is getting too tyrant nical. Neither butchets ! , i! ’ bakers/ wharfmen, or anyone whatsoever are allowed to clo business' of any f kind with, thehbihpihy, bif while the'Svha!rfnlbh''rbfhse , tb ibad or .unload 5 the ''vessels.* 5 Atpresent>there’ are about a dozen,of ;the Union Co.’« boats lying idle in the’harbour, and it is only; a : <ifVKb‘e^K>r¥‘ the’ whole fleet isili'k siMar'positibn. Many of our’ s mahbfabthrihg-firiflkare either working shprfc ' time or have ceased .operations ait6getfier pn account o!f fHb |, yoa i tciity‘bf' J Th'e ; too are running short time tabled’and . what is more serious, _ a complete cassation of the trains is very probable ■ through the ‘aetioh' b'f-Ihe 1 Gbm&issibnmrs ordering some pf the men to load vessels ,at yi ; esfcppyfc. ; The arrival of ; each; stbamsf"'with a non-union crew; hashbeh! tfltfbbjfcbt’ofhriiioh- excitement 1 on the -Wharfs - which 1 was ' barricaded and guarded by a strong force of police, and 1 bh v ,oke ' bccmupn l! tfiA IPermkneht XrtiMy Were '-’by Jl wayb <of making a demonstration of fbroe’.mfrbnr this you will see that the position is pxfcremely strained, and r the turn of Cvenlf'is lanxipwly rawaitedffl’fhe latest rumour is that the whole ‘ local newspapers have been requested not to insert advertisements for the Union Co., and in the probable event of the papers refusing;td comply with |that request it is asserted that the i printing staffs will be called out, and then of course the city will be in ; mental? darkness, , , , " Onejof l jke hhmpurs pf the; occasion was an address delivered by a'“ crank” in the Opera House on Saturday evening. lam certain that had the public known what a treat was in store 1 for them, the building would have been ■ crowded,. ,* The lecturer is a ; man named 5 J. 1 Aiiiken' 1 Cdnriell, an 1 Auoklander, and formerly of Dunedin. By the way, there must be something in the atmosphere of Auckland, judging by'.thp ; ; eccehtricifcies 4 pf of- itsj remits; and-Mr Oohnaltikthejlatesk proof of this. At any rate I can vouch j 1 that Mr Connell was all right wheui ho left Dunedin, and what the people' of Auckland have done to him I cannot tell. ‘ Mr Connell had one; hundred chairs placed on the stage for but pone of these: turned up; even the gentleman who :promised,to, act.as chairman was. npn test, and,. Mr tveafc ..moment,, pyas. persuaded 1 to 1 preside, , No, .sooner:, did, Mr .Connell start" than the audience perceived that there "was a good thing pn, and; the 1 scenes 1 that followed beggar description; He said that he had a deep interest in unionism, and judging from'what he had suffered during the past twelve months he was surprised '• that there was anything at all left of him, 1 and* he acknowledged with the deepest gratitude to God.that he-was there to tell the ( tale. (Daughter.) He intendecl to ; “hit hard,” and if he could do any of them any good he would go' dowh upon his knees to them. (Cheers and laughter.) Ha continued in that strain ipr some time, giving the audience" 'the !J impression ' that he was “ only let out for an hour or so.” He referred to'the unionist-John Burns as a fine; man, but ho believed he also possessed a deiT of 'bad. - (Cries pf Np;l no!) “ Well,” said he, “If you don't ' admit it you 'arb a dot bf -J--fools.” This rqused the house to great confusion, drid'ikwas r sbma''ti'mo before the speaker .could ,be heard. He repealed i the‘"sktem'ont ' that'dhere was mixed good and bad in John Burns, when some enthusiastic -unibhist rq'se to his feet and vociferously cried for //m-fsa -R. ikn‘J lawuii' I

“three cheers for John Burns.” , “Aye aye,” said Mr Connell, “ three cheers for him,” and waving his hand over his head he heartily joined in the salvo which followed. The chairman was quite unable to keep order and the stage was rushed by .a number of.jjagm demanding, to know what the "speakpP meant. Hn quickly closed.by saving that he intended to contest one of the .Wellington constituencies. ' : '''■ - A 1 j f '>