A Fiasco.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 5

A Fiasco.

SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE FAILS. LABOR LEADERS' ADMISSION. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY, By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Pretoria. January 8. The railway workshops at Pretoria and Johannesburg are rendered idle. A special stall' runs the trains as usual. Of four hundred strikers at Bloemfontein workshops 1118 litters have resumed work. The Libor leaders admit that the strike is a liaseo. The railway men in every part of the Cape Province sent the managers an assurance thai they were not striking. Johannesburg. January S. It is stated that the Government. has arranged to call mil. the burghers to guard the mines and protect property. Gunsmiths'" stocks of revolvers have been sold out during the last few weeks. Residents arc laying in food supplies. The troops at Poteliefstroon and Pretoria are held in readiness. It is reported that half a million rounds of ammunition have arrived here.

HAILWAY XIEN lIESITATING. TIIE GOVERNMENT DETERMINED. Received H. 11 p.m. Johannesburg. January 9. Several sections of the railway employees arc balloting as to whether to strike or not. The sparsity of funds is acting an a deterrent. The. leaders predict that the strike will be in full swing in four days. Mr. Smuts, addressing a special constable corps, said he hoped to prevent bloodshed, but it strikers fought there would be greater calamities than in July. The Government was determined to fight the agitators to a finish. INSURANCE AGAINST RIOT RISKS. Times—Sydney Sun Soecia] Cables. Rcicived 9, 0.20 p.m. London. January 9. There is a heavy demand for insurances against Johannesburg riot risks.