THE STRIKE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13251, 9 December 1913, Page 6

THE STRIKE.

iSneciai to Berald.) WELLINGTON, this day. Nearly all the executive, including the president of the old Drivers' Union, have returned to work. The Takapuna is being recommissioned for the Xapiev, Gisborne, and Auckland service. The coa.vtal service will soon be completely restored. There are plenty of volunteers from the country of young men for any vacancies on the Maunga.nui. There is some competition for the trip to Sydney. The recent meeting of delegates of certain non-striking imipns which recommended the acceptance of the Bods' offer to refer the dispute to Sir Joshua Willi-im3 was not .representative of the United Labor Party. The decision merely represents the opinions of certain well-moaning enthusiasts. One man was fined to-day and ordered to keep the peace. He had a heavy catapult when arrested. He shot formidable stones from tho back of a crowd. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. At the Stock Exchange meeting today the Chairman (Mr Buttle) said they had noticed that the result of such disturbances fell most heavily on the industrial concerns carrying the savings of persons of small means, thrifty working men. and members of the artisan class. Leaders of the Labor unions, m their anxiety to punish the common "enemy,*' th<3 employer, lost sight of the fact that m this respect as ill other ways, they inflicted greater punishment on their own class than on the employer. It was necessary to the future of the country to have large, prosperous manufacturing concerns m tne Dominion, but how could they expect such concerns to succeed unless Labor was willing to combine with capital to make them successful?