THE MEMBER FOR MASTERTON.
It is due to Mr G. R. Sykes, M.P., who is seldom under the limelight, that ho should receive the credit for .having take* the flrsl ftjfiaiiS and' practical step 1 tuW&fcls bringing the Industrial crisis to an end. Mr Sykes vi&ited the barracks of the special constables in Wellington, and addressed the men on the necessity for volunteering to place the settlors' produce on the 'ships. As a result of his representations, it was decided to form and register an union under the Industrial Conciliation and" Arbitration Act, and in a few hours the work of loading a Home vessel was comirfenced. If the striking watersiders do not choose to return to work, their places will be filled by unionists from the country, and though this may involve a certain amount of protection in the meantime, it will ultimately result in the complete, restoration of the shipping services. If the watersiders are wise', they will throw up the sponge and return to work before it is too late. They have nothing to fear, so long as they respect the law.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 November 1913, Page 4
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185THE MEMBER FOR MASTERTON. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 November 1913, Page 4
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