CALM EVERYWHERE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 15, 17 January 1914, Page 5

CALM EVERYWHERE.

GOVERNMENT'S FIRM ACTION BREAKS BACK OF STRIKE. (Received 10 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, January 16. Reports from Renter's correspondents in all parts of the Union show that calm prevails evervwhrre. Men in the varioii.-- strike area, are returning to work, a.1.1 the day is otherwise passing uneventfully. On the strike committee's recommendation the Salt River strikers returned to work this morning, and were taken on unconditionally with the exception of a few for whom there was no work, and the strike leaders, including the local secretary of the Railwaymen's Union. Despite the strike of stevedores the work at the docks in Cape Town is proceeding at about half the normal speed. The vessels are being worked by Kaffirs. The Natal Trades Federation delegates who held a meeting in Durban adjourned late last night, after a protracted discussion. No statement was issued, but it is believed that they found it inexpedient to proclaim a general strike in Natal. The Kaffirs on the Rand are quiet and giving no cause for anxiety. The Indians and natives are efficiently conducting the skilled and clerical work on the railways, and are teaching a forcible lesson to their European instructors. It is generally believed in Cape Town that the resolute action, of the Government has broken the back of the strike. .