SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10196, 4 July 1911, Page 1

SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

THE LIVERPOOL DOCKERS. LINERS HELD UP . United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copvright. LONDON, July 3. The Strike Committee at Liverpool promised that if the recalcitrant dockers would resume wherever the union was recognised they would support tnem to obtain union rates unless these were conceded before the end of the month. The recalcitrants, however, are unwilling to obey. A steward of the Canada, has been arrested in connection with the fires. Owing to the strike the Carmania and Empress of Britain, aboard which are Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Canadian contingent, are unable to sail. The liner St Louis picked up the mails at Queenstown. FOOD SUPPLIES AT HULL. Flour at Hull lately has been Is Cd, not 2s 2d per stone. Butter is almost exhausted. Sugar has risen a farthing a pound. The railway men resolved to strike if asked to deal with the transit of goods handled by blacklegs. A sectional meeting of the strikers at Hull resolved to resume if the employers, besides their recent offer, augmented all dockers' wages and met representatives of all sections to discuss a settlement of grievances. Mr G. R. Askwith has been invited to reopen a conference. TROOPS IN READINESS. LONDON, July 3. The second battalion of the South Staffordshire regiment at Lichfield has been ordered to be in readiness to proceed to Liverpool or Hull. _ A man has been arrested in connection with the burning of the Silloth lighthouse, belonging to the North British railwav.