WAIHI STRIKE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10638, 17 May 1912, Page 7

WAIHI STRIKE

MENACE TO HEALTH OF TOWN. (By Telegraph — Press Association.) WAIHI, May 16. Memfae .tf> .the hoaiitih of the town is thrciait'euect .'by the steppage of (pumping operation's-. The congested part of the town i,s drained by a m-itx-c I .if eon-crete •channelling, washhoivses, kitchens, •and nrin'a'U being cl.rjii-r.ted:- .i'.i.to t.Lb ■chan'mel s, and the matter taken in-i'o tike Oiliinemnri river. The ehann:YJ lhave (b'ren kept dean- by diverting water from the mine into them. Tiro .same amount of wtiter from the bor\ough service would redut'o the' -tciViiisupply to a dan'geror.s limit. v Tiie (borough jTuthcriti'ce are doing their best "to keep- the channels skviccd out, but if tiiie strike' ccntin'r.tes. for iv.iy length of time an epidemic may re- ! eullb. ' I It is estimated that mjtinoy in cir-; cuj!iat:or> iin Wai.hi is affected to the extent of £6OOO per week. 1 Sbiiflt. l'<r«s£T« ta.n-d (tally clerks are patro'King the mi'ires l night and cttiy. Affairs at the ■n-'ciglibon.rim.g mining ditftricts c'f 'Jhiuncs an'd. Karnngaliak'e .are reported 'Jo be quiet. The ' Jininers at both pttaces' belong* to-'.tilie-Thames M'ncrs' U-iwon. It as stated that a istotiom tat the ivaraugahake miners .a:re slewing a feeliing cf iin 1 - rest ra .syimpathy with the WaiHii, miners, bai ,so far th'ere are no serious Jnidk«atioi:« of trouble. In reifcircKice to tl'e stoppage cif coal goiffg ,to the Grand Junctions, the Borough Council would have taken it to the 'gasworks.', being led to'/bc'Sieve that 1:0 dbjeohon- would, be iofrc-red to its cartage. The. Union, however, objected during the cartage, and the bulk of "the <t>a!l had to remrln. Efforts w.c.re fher? rnndb (by the Mayor to have the co-.il t:>ken ,tb the hbsp:t:il, j out the Union held it up.

DRASTIC LEGISLATION WANTED.

(By Telegraph — Press Association.) < AUCKLAND, May 16. Mr D. IGVTdre, chairman of the A.u'ckkn.di Employers' Association, in, an interview on -the Waihi strike, g,tiattcl >tlidb the emp.'toyors should and, ircrlkT r.£&:rd these men w'lih, with their fairi!io~, aire suffering because tihey des:/re to act in accordance with the .few. It appeared io Mr Go''die that, in. the .ir.t-p.reft.s' of the real workers and iihe'ir families, the Government miust piint a-'eiitap to tihie' possibility hf metf ■wiMo ma.de speeches- causing .strikes iti •the Dominion. Australia, with a T\\(bour Government, bad such a laiv.. Hie. expressed regret that the Government of New Zval)a.nd ,appe,ared- net to en*ifloreo agaitet raicais' dv.'d strikers the penalties provided by law under eUau.se 9 fcif the Arbitration Act'. '■Drastic legislation must be parsed to prevent th.o present state c'f things continuing. Every man wia's cntiitMl; <tb la ißair day'g pay far nl fair day's wdrk, hutico have ou.r indu'sbrias paralysed .at the w.Siiim of a. few men v.iho aieitihcir rftnl mor spin, -is! .beyorAlondur•aoicie,' land inußt-ibo stopped, wiiili .a Erni hand.