SITUATION IN CANTERBURY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 17 November 1913, Page 5

SITUATION IN CANTERBURY.

SHIPPING TO BE WORKED BY

ARBITRATIONISTS

CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 16. In consequence of the action of the strikers in turning down the proposals of the Citizens' Defence Committee, the Arbitrationists will be engaged to work the wharves, starting on Wednesday next. On Monday barriers will be erected on the_wharves, and it is understood that a large number of men have been engaged to work the shipping. What the attitude of the strikers will be is not yet known, but the majority of the strikers will probably confine tiiemselves merely to passive resistance. Tflere was a rumor current in the port that the Harbor Board employees had refused to~ "erect the barricades, but there does not seem to be much foundation for the report. A meeting oT strikers and sympathisers was held on Sunday afternoon. Among" the speakers was Mr P. C. Webb, M.P., who gave a review of the position in the North Island. A motion was adopted demanding the release of the imprisoned strikers. The local strikers and sympathisers marched in procession from the railway station to Victoria Square in the evening, and held an open-air meeting and procession, headed by a cross borne by the members of the Christchurch Socialist League. The weather was wet, and there was only a moderate attendance at the meeting.