‘Massey’s Cossacks’, mounted special constables, guard strike-breakers working Shaw Savill & Albion’s Home boat Athenic in 1913. The great waterfront strike that year left a legacy of bitterness that lingered during the war years. While most maritime workers supported the war effort, serving in the merchant marine or volunteering for military service, many remained critical of the Reform government and its war policies.
This image Appears In 1 Article:
Merchant marine
Keywords
RELATED TO 'MASSEY'S COSSACKS' GUARDING THE ATHENIC
Events
-
5 May 1898
Dog Tax War narrowly averted
-
5 November 1913
Battle of Featherston Street
-
2 May 1868
First shipment of salmon and trout ova arrives
-
17 August 1942
Attack on the Nino Bixio
-
20 May 1865
Loss of the City of Dunedin with all hands
-
10 May 1925
Death of William Massey
-
29 April 1881
131 perish in worst civilian shipwreck in NZ waters
-
16 April 1912
News of Titanic sinking reaches NZ
-
10 April 1973
Labour government cancels Springbok rugby tour
-
3 February 1868
Killer storm sweeps the country
-
23 October 1915
Ten NZ nurses lost in Marquette sinking
-
27 November 1940
Liner sunk by German raiders off East Cape
-
14 November 1973
DPB legislation introduced
-
15 August 1951
Troop ship Wahine wrecked en route to Korean War
-
15 September 1976
Lyttelton–Wellington ferry service ends
-
24 October 1913
Violence flares on Wellington wharves
-
28 December 1929
'Black Saturday' - NZ police open fire in Apia
-
26 June 1918
Wimmera sunk by German mine
-
11 August 1962
Picton ferry Aramoana enters service
-
7 October 1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
-
20 August 1940
Turakina sunk by German raider in Tasman
-
25 July 1981
Anti-Springbok protesters prevent Hamilton match
-
29 July 1981
Police baton anti-tour protesters near Parliament
-
2 August 1983
Protest as USS Texas visits Auckland
-
9 September 1976
Wanganui Computer legislation enacted
-
12 September 1981
'Flour-bomb test' ends Springbok tour
-
20 December 1913
Waterfront strike ends
-
2 June 1917
NZ steamer captured by the Wolf
-
15 January 1970
Anti-Vietnam War protesters greet US Vice President
-
25 May 1978
Bastion Point protesters evicted
-
12 May 1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Queen Street, Auckland
Biographies
-
William Massey
-
John A Lee
-
Fred Evans
-
Samuel Parnell
-
Harry Holland
-
Whina Cooper
Articles
-
The 1913 Great Strike
-
HMNZS Leander
-
Royal NZ Navy's Bird-class ships
-
Container shipping
-
Merchant marine
-
Pencarrow Lighthouse
-
1947 Greymouth beer boycott
-
Oamaru Harbour
-
Wahine disaster
-
New Zealand disasters timeline
-
Homosexual law reform
-
The 1951 waterfront dispute
-
Nuclear-free New Zealand
-
1981 Springbok tour
-
The 1912 Waihi strike
Community contributions