STRIKE IN A NUTSHELL.
SPECIALS IN WELLINGTON TODAY DISPENSED STRIKE PICKETS, WHO WERE INTERFERING WITH CARTERS. THE PORT OF PICTON HAS BEEN REOPENED. THE WATERSI DERS THERE SECEDING FROM THE FEDERATION OF LABOUR. THE CHRISTCHURCH EMPLOYERS HAVE DELIVERED AN "ULTIMATUM TO THE LYTTELTOX STRIKERS, INTIMATING THEIR INTENTION TO REOPEN THE PORT. A NEW DRIVERS' UNION HAS HKEX FORMED 7X WELLINGTON. AND , STEPS AY ILL BE TAKEN TO REGISTER IT. TH'E ATHENIC IS NOW LOADING HOME CARGO. AND THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A DEMONSTRATION WHEN THE VESSEL SAILS FROM WELLINGTON OX TUESDAY. TO-DAY LYTTELTOX IS A SCENE OF DESOLATION. AND THE STRIKERS' ACTIVITIES HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. WORK ON THE AUCKLAND WHARVES TO-DAY IS PROCEEDING WITH REMARKABLE BRISKNESS. FARMERS CHEERED LUSTILY AT AUCKLAND TO-DAY WHEN ■ THE FIRST SLINGFUL OF BUTTER. WENT ABOARD THE OFAWA. MANNED BY MASTERS. OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS. THE MAPOURIKA ARRIVED AT LYTTELTON THIS MORNING FROM: WELLINGTON. THE SEQUEL TO AA T INCIDENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRIKE WAS UNFOLDED AT THE LYTTELTON COURT TODAY. BY A SECRET BALLOT, THE OLD DRIVERS IN WELLINGTON DECIDED TO REMAIN OUT ON STRIKE.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 1
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