Second Edition. WATERSIDERB’ STRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 63, 14 November 1913, Page 6

Second Edition. WATERSIDERB’ STRIKE.

BRISK. WORK ON AUCKLAND WHARVES. [Per Press Association.] Auckland, November 14. Work at the wharves is proceeding with remarkable briskness, the buttei for shipment by the Opawa for London is conveyed to the ship’s side by railway vans from the freezing works. The Tongariro and 1 Muratai, both . carrying large cargoes of fertilisers needed by farmers, will next receive attention. The coal from the Kurow is being railed to the country to relieve the pressure and needs of dairy factories. Arrangements are proceeding to unload big supplies of sugar to replenish the exhausted stocks in town am country and as far south as Wellington. , , , When the first slingful of butter went on the Opawa, a large gathering of farmers raised a lusty cheei. A report is current that a large number of City Council men are again out, but the Mayor denies this, and states that 200 men are at work. Employment is being found for others as the various jobs can be resumed. TARANAKI DAIRY PRODUCE. A further meeting of directors of Taranaki dairy factories was held in the Stratford Borough Council Chambers this afternoon, Mr A. Morton presiding. The whole matter of the strike was fully discussed and the following resolution’was passed: “That each directorate,of the dairy companies in Taranaki be asked to make a special effort to send men to Wellington to work on the wharves in order that the strength of the Arbitration Union may ffc kept up and the despatch" of oui produce assured.” The following resolution was also passed: “That it be a recommendation to the Taranaki Dairying Employers’ * Union to make a levy up to oneeighth of a penny per pound of butter fat for the month of October on the .whole of its members, to contribute to the funds of the Wellington Defence Committee.” It is estimated that this levy will produce over £2OOO. As a result of the meeting it is certain that large numbers of Taranaki men will leave in the coming week for ■ Wellington to work on the wharves.

JOTTINGS. In describing Messrs Reardon and Barr as traitors to their own class, Mr Farland (secretary of the striking Watersiders- Union), in a speech on Tuesday “earmarked” them for punishment (says the special correspondent of ’-the-Wanganui Chronicle), exclaiming, “By God, the men of Petone and elsewhere will mete out such retribution to these men as has never been done .before.” In a speech at the Recreation Ground, Petone, on Tuesday evening, Mr Farland, referring to the published remarks of Messrs Reardon and Barr, thundered; “1 can take a.blow from - the employers, but when I find men like these.that have lived on the workers acting traitorously it is hard to bear.” Mr Glover, in the course of his remarks, said: “If the Employers Federation had their way, some of us would be wearing short trousers with the hen-tread marks on.”