THE WAIHI STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 138, 29 October 1912, Page 5

THE WAIHI STRIKE.

PROGRESS OF THE STRIKE.

THE CAMERA FIEND.

By Telrgrsph.—Press Association. Waihi, Last Night. A well-attended meeting, of miners working under the arbitration laws was held here on Saturday to elect officers. The men were enthusiastic, and expressed satisfaction at the progress being made by the secretary, who had been kept busy enrolling names and taking subscriptions. It is anticipated that a number of local men will enrol in the course of the next few days.- At a meeting at Waikina a number of new names were handed in for membership. All credit has bpen stopped at Itarangaliake, owing to recent stoppage o! work in the Talisman mine.

The transmission poles in connection with the Waihi Company's electrical power scheme are no\y within three miles of Waihi. The installation is expected to be ready early next year. "■

During the usual demonstration accorded to the workers coming off the shift this afternoon a youth snap-shotted a prominent suffragette, or, as they are now termed, "scarlet runners." The woman promptly resented being photographed, and made a dash for the camera fiend, seized him, and was administering vigorous punishment when the police rescued the hapless snapshotter.