"TIS AN ILL WIND."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 5

"TIS AN ILL WIND."

THOSE HAS It is nn ill-wind that blows nobwlv some (rood is mi aphorism which may i» ireey applied to llio strike of l.r.iniwny workers, mid those who have beneiilo'd since the cessation of the cars on Wednesday afternoon In&t will regret IJiilt ;i settlement has been arrived tit .so promptly. Among those who linvo prelited to some extent ai<o tlio expressmen ami livory stable keeper*, who hsivo instituted services of a makeshift order between the city and various suburbs; (lie motorcar proprietors who have l>ooll doin" a brisk business; and in. A lesser degree the cabmen. To-day the public will once more hear tho clang-a-lang of the carbells along the nliiin stroets, and ihe seated (ixprofs will Imco more bo lost in obscurity. The bootmakers, too, who ai valinnU.v paß«ed a resolution sup|wrlin<j the strikwo, will )\a\n thoir rcjrrots lxv cansß of the saving people will by iwiromsiag the cars. I'orhnps the tradesmen who havn _ benefited most by the strike arc the bicyclo dealers and repairere. Since Wednesday last they been exceptionally busy, and in their ease tho circumstance which has made people resort onoo more to the old reliable "safety" may bring about a return of the qyclincr babit. It is for{iina,to that Wolliagten line enjoyed ft period of bojinttful weather d«N ing the strilcc Had this not boon w and Wellington had been subjected, b> weather of tho kind which marred lh« earlier half of the summnr. tho lKisitioin rronld havo been nn unpleasant ono fo-j many.