Notes of the Day

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIIII, Issue 3625, 11 September 1912, Page 4

Notes of the Day

A HOPEFUL HERALD

AViring last night our special correspondent at Waihi stated that fur- j tlier signs are not wanting that the j end of he strike is within measurable j distance. Strange to record, the most j noticeable incident of yesterday aa a* the action, not of strikers, but of some of their women-folk. About 30 women, it appears, visited Waikino and paraded the town bearing placares ; witli the legends “Don’t he traitors to j your class,” and “We are not scabs, j Apart from that incident affairs, he j says, are very quiet, both at AVaihi ; and Waikino. Most people are regarding the sound of the whistles j again as a hopeful herald of better times soon to come “when the strikers j will cease from striking and unions l will be at rest.” The position is that I there are now close upon 50 men ] Avorking where there were hut four : working some ten days ago. It is understood that when the . number of workers collected at AA'aikino as a sort of recruiting base justifies further action the men Avill" be transferred to Waihi, and the strike will be ended. The number of applications for employment would appear to indicate j pretty plainly that this step may be j taken in a comparatively short time. Just at present “the talk of the town.” adds our correspondent, is the ! fact that a Large number of strikers j —from 50 to 00 —will appear at Court j to-day on charges arising out of obj jectionable processions that were wont to take place previously. The general i opinion is that if some are convicted they may go to gaol rather than apj pear to admit to consenting to be I bound over.