MAKING COMMON CAUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15447, 3 November 1913, Page 9

MAKING COMMON CAUSE.

COAL MINERS ON STRIKE. DENNISTON MINES . IDLE. [by TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATION.] Westport, Sunday. Everything is quiet. Not a boat, apart from the Harbour Board's flotilla, is in P ort - ' • ,jThe local strike executive is holding numerous meetings to discuss the situation. A mass meeting held at Denniston yesterday resolved to make common cause with Wellington and Huntly, and remain on strike until they had gained the victory. All the horses are to* be taken out of the mine to-morrow. The Regulus, which had 1000 bags of chaff for West,port aboard, was signalled on to Grevmojth, where she is loading. It is not lenown whether she returns to Westport on hsr wav North. The Seddonville State mine is idle through there being no outlet for the coal. All the bins and available trucks aro full. MEN UNDECIDED. POSITION AT BLENHEIM. [fIT TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] Blenheim, Saturday. A telegram was received at Picton yesterday from Messrs. Hickey and Young calling local watersiders out. No further word has been received from the federation. A labour meeting was hold this morning to consider the position,' but the outcome is not yet known. EFFECT ON WOOL EXPORT. NOTHING FOR JANUARY SALES. [by TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Gisbohne, Sunday. "It is quite certain now that there will be no New Zealand wool in the London January sales, in the event of the strike continuing," announced the manager of one commercial firm. He pointed out that there was a possibility of some congestion in connection with the wool clip. Farmers, of course, had practically no accommodation in their woolsheds, and the fleece is forwarded to town as the shearing proceeds. Under normal conditions the local stores would have been cleared out by the middle of the month with shipments for tjie January sales. The nonarrival of the Home steamers would, consequently, soon result in the filling up of the local wool stores, and, doubtless, supplementary arrangements would have to be made to store the clip. As to the freezing industry, he did not anticipate any difficulty in this respect, as the loc£t" works possess large storage capacity. OAMARU'S DECISION. WATERSIDERS 'CEASE WORK. [BY fBT.'.yjRAPH. —PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] Omm.', Saturday. In consequence of a telegram received from the Federation of Labour, the local watersiders held a secret ballot this morning, and decided, by 32 to 24, not to work the steamer Waitomo, now in port With a cargo of coal. The decision caused some surprise, as it was understood the men would handle coal intended for local conjunction privately and by to® railway..