BELIEF WORKERS' STRIKE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20550, 19 May 1932, Page 13

BELIEF WORKERS' STRIKE.

LITTLE SUPPORT. ~8 0 OF .TS BE.NG P ' CALLED OFF. t. "" fir the relief workers' strike in there was on Tuesday '"j'tto improbable that it will he off to-day. unless. however., the Natives of Iho unemployed who tl,is morning fr ° m Wel " J where they have been in conliS » with representatives of work■"JE* Ofter "ntrcs. -use any other era ™ u , — r ~ In to the large force of police C £.„atl.ercd on Tuesday night outTa hall iu Ferry road, where a meetbeing held, tho presence of .Tnwk Maria - ' being also objected f X Committee ekf, that the tP ' of a peaceful and orderly I"*"* "" ch • 4 " jr ~ to-night f° r ,l,c P L, 'l» osC l ' lh " "flic attacks that have been j the wages and conditions of 01Q8 on ike workers. Men Back at Work. Information received fiom various local authorities Show that in the great JKritr of eases most of the absentees Se returned to duty, an exception be- • J those at Lvttelton, who have reaffLml their decision not to return. The KfteotC County Council reported that It i a total of 250 men fewer than 89 failed to appear, and of these it was thought that sonic might b« ill. fliere mmT practically no absentees from y- provided by the City Council or STfaimakariri River Trust. It is ,ttted that at a meeting of relief worlt- * ,t Coutts Island on Tuesday night St was decided not only not to strike, but to have nothing to do with those iMDOttible for the present trouble. 0( the men. eligible for work for thG Papartia County Council only twelve out e P$ total of' 63 absented themselves Te steiday. The places of six have beta filled and other vacancies will be jjjed on Monday." No trouble is beto experienced by . the Waimakariri Ownty Council, the workers being at fuß gtrongtli, a similar position obtainiag with regard to railway works. From ether sources the information was given ItAt a good response was being made wtemployed to work offered them, there being a general apathy towards tie itrike movement. PICKETS ACTIVE. (MC3B ASSOCIATION TILEGEAM.) WELLINGTON, May IS. £ total' of 1537 out of 2153 unemftyci duo tb start to-day are stated t* 1m at work. Jf&ets visited a number of small jkljHd induced 100 men to leave off. |plicy of peaceful penetration was some of the jobs. Some men, are reporting tack for I the intention of taking the Sty to discuss the situation men who remain determined the object being to dissuade tlMc-ftun continuing. On the HaitaiM'MT it is stated that when the I came to work the engineer oat thrm on the lower portion of the ttl*M the men who had been worktop and permitted no conW Between the jobs. When the posititt 'bwame plain to the newcomers • 4* pot down their tools and left. ®jtgs were quiet at the Trades Hall flat morning, though there were' | tfIMB within discussing the position. >&.- , ====..