IN DUNEDIN.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14822, 13 November 1913, Page 11

IN DUNEDIN.

NEW UNION REGISTERED

(SPECIAL TO "THE VBtSS.'') DUNEDIN, November U. The Dunedin Waterside Workers' Industrial Union has now been registered, tnd the President has an advertw- ". in tonight's ''Star " *h»* ™**> Applications from men wil .ng to join the union will be received at the - , rt __,nt rate., of* pay and working conditions, under a three years' agreement. • Working conditions include preference to members of the union.' Dr_d«, 404' ha* only 100 tons of coal „n board, and cannot got any more 2 Dublin. She needs at least an- ■ other US tons tor her run to Mclknm_e and it is understood that .the .1 STchalmers strikers will not permit '' Tior to coal there. . . . Tho monotony of- continued inactivity on the waterfront at Port Chalmers £__ temporarily interrupted this morni_t by the arrival of tho Manuka from - Hjuff' It is over a week since a .steamer previously arrived and berthed catthe wharf, but it was merely a case >-nf interest-aroused, not of activity re„ii_ed There was no attempt made £ land the cargo (about 150 tons) in "' - the steamer's holds. Instead of tub - usual quartermaster on duty at the top of the gangway, nn officer m uniform moved to and fro on duty. This substitution of an officer for a quartermaster was to ensure that no strike -.promoters got on board to tamper with " the crew's intention to stick by the vessel The crew are on Australian articles The Manuka sailed this afternoon for Lyttelton. Wellington, and < . Sydney. ■ _ -._-„*. ' " _n unusual scene • was witnessed at the fishermen's steps this forenoon. A motor fishing launch, owned and i manned by Italian fishermen, came alongside with a good haul of groper on board, and these were distributed amongst the strikers free of cost, by the Italian fishermen. This morning.the men, on strike at Port Chalmers held a general : meeting to discuss the arrest of the strike - leaders, and in connexion therewith it was unanimously resolved to despatch the following telegramsI*to*1*to* Wellington: "To' the Hon. -Mr Massey, -Prime Minuter. The Port Chalmers Marine Labourers'. Union protest against the arrest of stike leaders." "To Sir Joseph Ward. The Port Chalmers Marine Labourers' • Union protest against arrest of strike-. leaders, • and appeal to you to see that the workers and their leaders get fair play." .The officers of tbe Union Company met Sir James Mills to-day, ■• and offered to man.tho-Wahine and Maori so that they should resume'running in . ' the ferry service. . ' The' Ulimaroa will leave Melbourne"

to-day direct for Lyttelton. 3"auy of the large factories are still •*" closed down, and the waterfront is very *"_ quiet. Otherwise there is little to in- . \ dicata that a strike exists. Tho Commerce Protection Committee " emphatically denies that any employer ' to it or to the Employers' .''.Association has approached tho Strike * "Committee wjth a view to discussing - a settlement, and it invites the Striko Committeo to supply the nam© pf - any omploycr whom they state has so apt" proacbed them. * r '.