COST OF THE DOCK STRIKE

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 422, 23 November 1889, Page 4

COST OF THE DOCK STRIKE

Tiiii great strikes in London tlio other day cost trom lit sfc to last a million and a half of money. The following figures are taken horn an article contributed by a city correspondent to a well - known London paper :—: — V Loss in wages alone in the East End, the South east district, and along the bauks oi the river during the three weeks which the "strike- has lasted, may be put at, £200,000 Tho Dock Companies' lo&s of levenue from dock dues, the expenses they have been put to in getting a lew men into the docks and keeping them theie, and the permanent charges ot salaries with no lcvonue coming in, cannot be much less than . . 100,000 Steamships are lying idle at a co'-.t of £°t or X 5 per hour. There arc at present distributed among the various docks nole&s than 400 vessels, ranging from Liny craft of 53 ton's to huge steamers like tho Ormuz, of 6185. Loss caused to the shipping trade alone from tho non-employment of carrying power not ouly in the docks but in tho river — not less than 650,000 Loss caused to merchants by non -delivery of material, deterioration or destruction of cargo, and the necessity of fulfilling contracts by purchasing goods at enhanced pricos, a sum bordering on ... 500,000 Othsr items 50,000 Making not less than £1,500,000

The Whangarei Farmers' Club Show was a great success, says our correspondent. There were 1,500 people on the ground, the day was everything that could be desired. Keo&inglon Park looked at its best. The 05 rand Stand was crowded. Though the exhibits were not so numerous as formerly in many of the classes, it was, however, an outing for setblcra and farmeis, the first of the season of a general character, and they enjoyed the meeting with old friends and acquaintances to compaie notes and discuss the current topics of the day. The show was carried out successfully by those who took it in hand and reGects great credit upon their management, but it may be permitted now that it i» over for one to make some suggestions for the future — for instance, if the Horticultural Show and Farmers' Show could be held at the same time by altering the time of holding the latter and make it a big thing ; and if they could introduceany local production, such as llax, cement, wool, silk, tinned fish or meat, ana if a prize was offered for the neatest and most complete homestead and housing ; to lads for sheep shearing ; for machinery in connection with the cultivation of grain, and saving of crops, etc., etc.