THE WAIHI MARTYRS

Grey River Argus, 14 October 1912, Page 5

THE WAIHI MARTYRS

THE HALF-HOLID AYj SYMPATHY. VARIOUS DEMONSRATIONS. (Per Press Asspcidtion,) '. " - -WEL'LINGTON^vCA.t. 13. The -watersideTS" a't'Lyttelton, whose union -is;^ affiliated/withAthe; 'Federatibn of Labour, hTeld^a, demonstrationr this rhorningr /About 150 out of 350 members - took-: part. There was ' no ; public interest" taken in 'the. proceedings. The demonstrators marched • to. the gaol, \vhere' brief ; v addressesv : were- ir w» jeered. Subsequently' >they' gathered;: in frqnt of the ' Star; agency /a^dveariedj resolutions; coridernhing. the. -Massey Government for unjust, unmanly and vicious, treatment-, of = the '■Wailit strikers, and pledged, themselves to use. every. effbVt to secure the^xelease of tho, imprisoned strikers^ .•:-• ; :: ; ->■*.- ' ; '--V^':^ ' : ; '" '-:■ ■- -Vu--I ' : - The steamers i ■ Kalpara, - Arawa ; and i Maori V.dichar^ed/ their" '.'cargo by. the' permaaient * sh'ancls, -ftremeh in - sorhecases assisting*. / v Other steamers "in port, are ••unwprked. Some' watersidefs expressed their vi'illmgriess ta turn to, but '•.■"stated ■-• that- his was .impossible in view of the decision of the union. •' , THE TIMARU WATERSIDERS: • ■ ; f?" TiMARU,/6a; 13; About^o w"atersiders- \yalked in- procession withmanv hundreds/looking oh ■ ,and following" to a suitable stand -ipt speeches. --^ "'" ■■"••■' ; - • " ■;-; . :^"' \ -;■'• :; ; " ; Two leading members -spoke ' for some time -in condemning" the Govern', rhent and the' Press. '-the former for imprisoning the Waibi men, and the'latter for fighting ag-ainst- the Federation. - , ;■;'■■' \yi . .': -:-i-:.V ■'. -' : :■•.•■-■■■.'•: '• ." ' , ! • • : Other: workers iwlio ..had- refused 4b take part' in the Hemdristration were taken to a^k, and this rbrpught a reply and a lively' discussipn. •■;,- I • /; •V > he fesplution. \vxis declared 'carried, and '-a/'petitipn^'wa's . signed "demaTQding the release pf the Waihi'meii./^ : : • Np ..work was : , interfered . witii as np vessels -.-are in- pqrti - •-•■• -' :■■ ■■";•. WESTPORX'S SYMPATHY; ■ •>: [ "'■:' A. m'ass - ; fn;ee;tiittg| of ' rriiners/ajfd.waters idets' and "others was ; Aeldi^ toriai ; Squa^ : -this ; ;afterhooh,^ aa^t>addres^fes;./ wefe>'deliyered : , by Messrs;: Dow^ay'*(M^ , Regan' (Reef ton), Semrjle arid /others relative-;* tp?; the< mining- -disputes at WaiM a'n^Reeftotf: /- ; ■V',^^ ; ReSblutidns/ w^re;cajned ;: 'pr^t6&tiitg a'gamst' the T action bf the • Goveriimehtv who- we;re ?alleged; ; tp •-be/assistihgi.the rkiix c owners -in -their fight "a-gairi st" the mihers, --and ''ailsp . : agaihst gapling' "pf :the^ ; Waihi^strißersV // ;///- ->.! ''zti' The -meeting' tyras of; a. very 'orderly character.' /i? " v— / ■. *-'■'_"/.■/'• -U^- y