WELLINGTON.
COAL FROM JAPAN.
UNIONIST VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
PETONE WOOLLEN MILLS CLOSING.
The directors of the Petone Woollen Company have decided to close their mill from to-morrow, ow ing to want of fuel and the labour difficulty. The Hon. G. McLean states that the Union Company have received an offer from Japan to supply vessels here with coal. The work of loading the steamer Duke of Westminster with meat was resumed yesterday afternoon, the carts being driven by non-Unionists and the carcases placed on board by master stevedores. The Union has withdrawn pickets from the wharf, which is now guarded by Harbour Board officials. The Unionists, in place of retaining pickets on the wharf, have formed a Vigilance Committee to watch over their interests.
As the strike is prolonged, acts of personal violence begin to be recorded. Several assaults have taken place lately, the perpetrators of which are not known,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 215, 11 September 1890, Page 5
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