HOLIDAY-MAKING.. „.' ;' STRIKERS' SPORTS MEETING. :-|

Grey River Argus, 18 May 1912, Page 5

HOLIDAY MAKING. STRIKERS' SPORTS MEETING.

WAIHI, May. 17> ; Wai hi band mem'bers' and . the * fire bridag-e , (in infancy co^^iime) are attending- vhe. strikers. 1 ' spoiits meeting,;; tho gathering numbering' over "10007" : Mr, SccW Benneit, the, Socalist^lecturer, d;s expected here thjs, af ternoion to address the- crowd. ' ... , .-,-. : ".-.._ 'Ait .11.30 a monster procession form•ed in the matin ; street and recreatioin grounds ■ • ' . - ' .;..'■. , . •■'•.. • The crowd - was perfectly, "orderly ■■.for. the mic(st! part) and appear n^ *tiO' realise *he-- grav?-y of the situation. There is rather, tthe appearance .of a b : >g holiday-makinigi under prosperous conditions. ... "-..._ • .. „ Mr . Donaldson, <o,n behalf , of the Hospital 1 Board, proceeds to Wellington to-migh'l. to ask for -Government assistance for. tho dns i JiLßu".ii!qn : if the strike- continues.,-. ' = ; . ;-. „...., A igirea^.- number of children remain ed away- from the public, schools 'Ho attend Avith thed'r paren's at the tfuriker.V. spor? meefaing.-!- ; ,!'.• •',■■.; .''•■-, The few cliildTeri. attending school were giiven a half-holiday.. . . ■ ■-«.- WELLINGTQNy.May, 17 ■ , The Minister;; of; Labour (Hon G. Laurenson') informed a New, Zealand Ti.mes reporter to-night > that, telegraphic communications \y,ere passing, ber twecn him and the officers of the, proposed Engine-drivers' llnion ..at>Waihi, ! but he - was:, f on- the, 'time ..being co make anything public in. respect, to the questiions - dealt -with.. : ; '