IN AUSTRALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8612, 24 December 1913, Page 6

IN AUSTRALIA

FRESH SCENES OF ACTIVITY. tj Telocraph—Prc*a A*«oclatlon—Copjrlcbj SYDNEY, December 23. The wharf labourers manned th© wharves without exception, yesterday afternoon, creating fresh scenes of activity. During the morning it was doubtful if normal conditions would be resumed as there was no response to the dictum of the disbanded conference, but after dinner the old casual hands supplanted the clerks handling cargo. The vessels worked were the Niagara from Vancouver, and the Canada Cape. The Maheuo was receiving cargo for Auckland, and, together with the Riverina, is duo to sail for New Zealand ports on Wednesday. “A SENSE OF RELIEF." “NECESSITY FOR ORGANISATION." SYDNEY, December 23. Mr D. Watson has been re-elected president of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation. In a speech he ■said: —“The news that the New Zealand strike was over was received with a sense of relief. From the commencement we regarded it as hopeless, inasmuch as no intimation was received this side of the water until apparent defeat was staring them in th© face. The disastrous struggle in New land has demonstrated to the workers of Australia the necessity for organisation in which the united wisdom of the various unions and bodies may be directed towards any trouble arising in the industrial field.”