AFFAIRS IN WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 November 1913, Page 5

AFFAIRS IN WELLINGTON.

THE POSITION UNCHANGED

EFFORTS AT SETTLEMENT

The Evening Post of Saturday had the following:—

The strike position is practically unchanged to-day, and both sides show no indication of coming closer together. In the meantime, wfrle new union men who are at work on the ships in Wellington and in Auckland are making good money, the members of the old union are looking on. There has been good despatch ot business on the Wellington wharves, although' there is still an enormous accumulation of work already waiting for more men when they are dispos- j ed to turn to. As many ships as can j be handled by the workers available have been brought alongside, and in- ] eluded in them are coastal steamers j whicli are resuming their very important part in contributing to the work of the port and at the same; time meeting the convenience of settlers and the smaller ports. There is still much speaking m the Post Office square, but nothing new on the strike is being said. There were frequent calls for cheers, which are lustily given. Among the more or loss interested audience are mounted special constables on duty. Some efforts are being made by independent parties to bring employers and employed together by the United Labour Party, but the result is so far fruitless. Among those who have voluntarily interested themselves in efforts to brin"' about a settlement of the strike is Mr T. M. Wilt'ord, M.P., who has for some time past been endeavouring to reconcile the conflicting demands of the parties, not without some hope of success. "From the various unions which have been appealed to by the Federation of Labour to make common cause iu file strike and down tools have come various responses. Practically all of them are in hearty sympathy with the strikers, and most of them have intimated their willingness (Ti they do not themselves go out) to render financial assistance, but the

call to come right out has not been responded to at all by many unions who were counted upon to do so.