THE SOUTHERN STRIKE.
From the evident* that is before tho public, there would appear to be no justification whatever lor the slaughtermen in the .south going on strike at the present juueturo. The reason given for their precipitate action is that a free labourer, after being taunted by pertain Unionists, presented; what they thought was a revolver, but what the free labourei himself alleges was kk pipe. The Unionists refuse to go to work unless this man is dismissed. The matter is, of course, entirely outside th<jurisdiction of tho Smithfleld Company. If a free labourer did, after being provoked, nourish a revolver at his tormentors, he is amenable to the law. It is the duty of the policeto take action against . him. .The police, however, alter investigating the matter, find that there is insufficient evidence upon which they can ; lay an information. Is it reasonable i to exp:ct that, in these circumstan- | cos, the Company would pursue the ] extreme course of dismissing the man? The Unionists liavo absolutely no excuse for tneir conduct, and their attempt to hold up the industry will only serve to bring Unionism into public contempt. . .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 May 1913, Page 4
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190THE SOUTHERN STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 May 1913, Page 4
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