HOPELESS FROM THE FIRST.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1940, 24 December 1913, Page 6

HOPELESS FROM THE FIRST.

'AUSTRALIA AND THE STRIKE,

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Sydney, December 23.

Mr. D. Watson has been reelected president of tho' Northern Colliery Employees' Federation. In a speech ho said: "Tho news that tho New Zealand strike was over was received with a sense of relief. I'rom tho commence* incut we regarded it as hopeless, inasmuch as no intimation was received this side of the water until apparent defeat was staring them in tho i'nee. Tho disastrous struggio in New Zealand has demonstrated to tho workers of Australia tho necessity for organisation in which the united wisdom of tho various unions and bodies may bo directed towards any trouble arisiag in tho industrial field."

-SYDNEY WHARVES BUSY. Sydney, December 23. ' Tlio wharf labourers manned the wharves without exception yesterdaj Afternoon, creating fresh scenes of activity. During the morning it was doubtful if normal conditions would bo resumed as there was no response to tho dictum Of tlio disbanded conference, but after dinner tlio old casual hands supplanted the dorks handling cargo. Tlio vessels worked were the Niagara from Vancouver, and tlifi Canada Capo. Tho Maheno wag receiving car"o for Auckland, and, together with tlio Riverina, is duo to sail for New Zealand ports on Wednesday.