WELSH STRIKES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14351, 17 November 1910, Page 5

WELSH STRIKES.

A QUESTION IN THE HOL'SE. Press Association —By Tel. —Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 10. Bcpiying to Mr Keir llardie, .Mr llahlano siud tliiit the troops were sent lo Wales at, liis instance, and w ou'd be retained tlierc till public safety and law and order were assured. FROM BAD TO WOR.SE. Ten thousand Aberdare strikers rejected tho proposals of the Conciliation Board. A movement is on foot to provoke a general strike. LABOURITES V. THE GOVERNMENT. MR CHURCHILL DETERMINED. Received 9.40 p.m., Nov. 16th. LONDON, Dec. 16. In tha House of Commons, the Labourites hotly demanded the withdrawal of tho troops sent to Wales, and complained that the police interfered with picketing. Mr Churchill replied that a very determined attempt was made to break into the power-houses and destroy the machinery. Ho hoped the miners' leaders would insist on order. It would be frightful folly if the mines were flooded. The strike might then end, but South Wales' populatio-i would be faced will starvation, for it would be three or four mouths before they would be able to work again. Mr Churchill added—"! shall certainly exert my authority to see that the strikers have all the proper liberty in the exercise of peaceful persuasion which Parliament has given them." The Labourites considered the reply unsatisfactory, and forty-one voted against the motion for adjournment.

A MINE IN DANGER. VIOLENCE BY STRIKERS. Received 11..'11 l p.m.. Nov. 16th. LONDON, Nov. 16. A Rhondda striker persuaded the enginomeii aud stokers at the Britannic colliery to abandon their machines. The manager and officials restarted the boilers in order to prevent the flooding of the mine. In response 10 a bugle call the strikers reassembled on a hill overlooking the colliery, ami lustily boohooed the workers. " This proving fruitless, they finally invaded the colliery and gave the officials half an hour to put out the fires, and the officials capitulated.