THE STRIKE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 November 1913, Page 6

THE STRIKE.

« ■«» POSITION IN CHRISTCHURCH. NO DELIVERY OF BREAD. MANY BUSINESSES CLOSED. (By T dear avh—Press Association.) CHRISTCHDRCH, Last Niglit. No specials arrived at Lyttelton to-day. The Addington camp is quiet. There is no bread delivery on iho majority of rounds, but the coal carters) have remained in, in accordance with tho decision of Friday's meeting. There are some taxisi on the streets, driven by the owners, but company owned cars are all idle. Some additional firms closed down to-day, and others are reducing their staffs owing to lack of orders, raw material and transport facilities. Tin- officers commanding the specials refuse to say whether they intend moving to-day. AT DUNEDIN A PEACEFUL MORNING. VESSELS WORKING CARGO. DUNEDIN, Last Night. The Seamen's Union meeting held on Saturday does not alter the position of affaire. The union will not control the men's opinion as to shipping, but the men are individually adverse to the risk of wordy abuse and pinpricks from strikers. The steamer Northern berthed quietly at Cross wharf, discharging two hatches, one with an arbitrationist gang, and the other with her own crew. The Taviuni, discharging coal into the railway trucks, was not .molested. This has been the most peaceful morning of the three weeks of the strike. The fulfilment of Mr Belcher's promise to the Seamen's Union to send representatives to Lyttelton, is being watched with* interest. WELLINGTON WHARVES BUSY. CARTERS RETURNING TO WORK WELLINGTON, Last Night. Twenty-one trading vessels were working alongside the wharves. Only eight traders are noiv anchored in the harbour. The Wellington hotels will re-open on Wednesday. Carrying firms report that the men are steadily returning to work. The city parcels delivery has been resumed. STRIKER IN COURT. SERIES OF CHARGES. WELLINGTON, Last Night. James P. Hassett was charged at the Magistrate's Court to-day as follows : (1) With faking part in a riot in Taranaki Street on November 3rd; (2) with attempting to murder Police Commissoner Cullen; (3) with assaulting a constable. The case for the Crown was that the accused was standing under a shop verandah in the vicinity of the Buckle Street barracks, and fired at Commissioner Cullen, who was standing alongside the fire hose. When the water was played on to" the crowd the accused went into the shop and fired twice ,at Commissioner Cullen. A feature .of the case was the attitude of a witness named Andrew - Kelly, who contradicted his signed statement made to the police to the effect thai he saw Accused do the shooting. Kelly now said the statement was written by Detective Casaells, who did not read it over to him. He could not identify Hassett as the man who fired at Cotaimissioner Cullen. Another witness was a girl, who had also made a statement to the police that to the best of her belief, Hassett did the shooting. The man said he was not the man -she had identified in the police yard. The cases are proceeding.

. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. BY THE STRIKE COMMITTEE. ' AUCKLAND. Last Night. An official statement has been issued by tho Strike Cdmmittee to the effect that it was incorrectly reported that they had decided to call the strike off except for transport workers. It is admitted that an agreement was arrived at that it would be good strategy to allow all other unions to resume work and contribute to keep the sectional strike alive. Certain unions, however, refuse to reaume, even on the advice of the Central Strike Committee. These unions are the brewery employees, general labourers, Harbour Board employees, hotels and restaurant workers and bricklayers. It may be taken that the general strike is off, exqept for thq transport amions and thos<c enumerated.