RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14530, 6 October 1917, Page 4

RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

■At last night's meeting of th,v City CovijiCiJ Councillor Ooriislo_ moved; "That in view of tie inconvomc7:te and cost this disti-ci-Jsbo^^tiobythe.teaznersSike m™<- T'"' Urg-'S i:' yon the Govern! Kent die. .necCKwty to stand firm in. its aesoJvo ta eoaanel the seamen of the eoa.stal steamers to resume work and that tms CoyncJ pledges all the moral and physical support at its command to the Government in enforcing an early Hcxtlement of tie strike." Cv. Carii.sie said no one had mom sympathy -,vjtU the working man than w- ri* - J:° llad ahv«ys been one hime'r t unJ&ut be an opportune timo ior Labou? to seek redress of grievances, but it was not a proper tin:.ior tie c-ouatry. He would not hesitate to tura out every member of Parliament whi> v.onld not give Labour a square deal at, the proper time, but equally he -vciild force the men to "o back to w./i- now. Ho thought tfip Oovernnii-at J«' hands would bo stren"thened by n\\di resolutions by local, bodies. Cr. HaiSph'cn seconded the motion, rte commuraty was heavily hit by this strike, iiud the Government should be urged to hying tho strike to an end at the e«-v!i(-'.v:l> possible moment It. was quite rij,.hl that they should enter a protest.

Cr. Gifi'borijj t\aid he represented no working t-hn-n in that Council. He favoured the resolution, but re- thought it did not go i-.ir enough. They should know what ihe men were "striking about. Thp v^vernment was responsible for THVi:.h__.of the discord that, existed rev,-, /a hey had_only to look at the cost -A' food to understand why the working classes were discontented. The Goverzr-r.-^nt should have stepped in in that i.-n.f,c;. The r(-;:;^oTi was carried unanimously, ;:>].■! it. v,:as- decided to send copies to ti;.,; Pvime Minister and tl:e» member for Poison and Motu.eka.