LABOUR

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13296, 27 May 1907, Page 5

LABOUR

TROUBLE ON THE RAND. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright ~ ■ PRETORIA, Hay. 24. Poor Dutch are. gradually replacing the strikers on the Rand. The engine-drivers and other mechanics coniiriue.'to work. The strike is delaying development work rather than crushing it. . SURPRISING- THE MINERS. CHARGED BY THE .QUEEN'S BAYS. Received 4.54 -p.m.. May 26th. PRETORIA- May 27. The Rand strikers disregarding the order forbidding the. assembly of six or more within 300 yards of- the niines, marched across the, Croesus mine. The police kept them; off until a squadron of the, Queen's Bays, .arrived.. crowd then refused to.disperse whereupon an- immediate order v-as given. to , " chiU-ge !" This surprised the strikers, who fled. - THE COAL LUMPERS STRIKE, '

■ SYDNEY,: May 25. . The Moana was ,to proceed to' Newcastle on Tuesday to coal, but the Coaltrimmers Union there notified the . agent- of the Union not to itrim tlie, steamer because she liad 300...t0ns- of coal put into her by non-union labour at Sydney, y An overflowing meeting-.of- fanners', was held, iri the. County/Council , Chambers, Waimate; on Saturday afternoon. . Ah' James Borrie, president of the Farmers Union, presided.; It ,was • resolved that "the meeting be not open to .the Press. Our Waimate 1 correspondent learns' that after considerable discussion it was decided; to send delegates to Timaru. to. confer with others as to the -best method Of resisting the Agricultural Labourers Unions tie mauds. ■ .*: v . _ > '