BRISBANE STOKE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10551, 6 February 1912, Page 5

BRISBANE STOKE

CABLBNEWS (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

TRAMS RESUME RUNNING! BUSHMEN VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE. STRIKERS EVIDENTLY COWED. (Received Lust Night, 5.5 o'clock.) BRISBANE, February 5. The trams- started running at three different points at noon to-day. One hundred experienced tramwaymen and one hundred and fifty novices were empHoyed, all being armed. ~ . Large forces of armed men lined the route. ' The crowds cheered the cars. • Numbers of bushmen have reached the city, and are volunteering their services as* special constables. •Altogether the Police Commissioner has-a force of three thousand men to guard the city. The strikers are evidently cowed. STATEMENT DY PREMIER. ARBITRATION COURT TO TAKE (ACTION. I Received This Morning, 12.15.0'c10ck ! Feb. 5 ; The Him. A. Frier states that fefforts are being directed to meeting the Brisbane trouble in the Federal ! Arbitration Court. i FINANCIAL HELP. NO PRECIPITATE ACTION. ! Received This Morning, 12.15 o'clock I SYDNEY, February 5. The i Executive Labour Council decided to advise the Unions to finan|cially support the Brisbane strikes, ! but to take no precipitate actiott:;v#\ THE LIQUOR TRADE. AND WATERSIDE WORKERS. Received This Morning, 12.15 o'clock , MELBOURNE, February 5. The Secretary ot the Federated ' Liquor Trades' Union are taking steps to prevent the sending of 'beer from Melbourne and Sydney to Brisbane, where all the breweries have 'been closed officially. > The Waterside Workers state that no action to support the Brisbane strikers- ifr"-contemplated, .and. certainly not.in the,immediate future. COMMISSIONER'S WARNING. ,"' ( . STRIKERS DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD. (Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.) BRISBANE, Feb. 5. Mr Finlayjbn. a member of ■•■ the Assembly, referring to Warning by the Commissioner of Police, that the strike leaders vruld be held responsible for any disorder and would be larrested If there was any trouble, declared: .'.•.' . ■''., '•.'.'..- . '■■'

"If they arrest five hundred of .'our', vigilance officers,- others :'will/." take their place,; as ': we. 'have ;t\venfy-t}vo thousand- to depend upon. The .'police are seeking an excuse to arrest the leaders." ' The •Premier's action in starting the' tra.ms r-:im.e as a surprise to the strikers. vK I 'anticipated that ith> a y •would be started to-morrow. Mr Badger,, .tramway manager, denies 'that he'-rrde in the trams.- '

lonves were distributed in the morning.