Auckland

Maoriland Worker, Volume 4, Issue 146, 19 November 1913, Page 5

Auckland

A meeting of thfc Drivers' Union was held at the Trades Hall on November 13. The following resolutions were carried : '"That in the event of the trouble not being settled by tnidnigl:t the union will call a special "meeting for the purpose of cancelling registration under the Act; that the railway men be- asked to make eomnion cause, md that the branches of the Federation bo asked lo assist- in thus diroeiion; that- owing to tli" hostile attitude of he Mayor the. drivers of the City Council's refuse cans he eallod out; that members of the riiiioii be asked; not to call out when in the vicinity oi sptHn] constables or free In borers' houses." It has been stated by the press that tho paiuUTS who liave Keen on strike, v ere reiurnin-i to woiic, but to this tlie i'ainters' Union lias inside an emphatic denial. I'wo or three are reported as gone back to work at tho Exhibition, but beyond that the men remain solid. The furniture workers are also solid in their de.siro that the strike shall continue. The Seamen's Union, in further discussing the situation, lave decided to remain, oa fctrike