INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 23, 26 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

BRISBANE TRAM STRIKE. MORE SERIOUS PHASE. GENERAL STRIKE POSSIBLE. \ (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.15 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. .Brisbane tram strike is assuming a ; more serious phase, and threatens to spread. A quantity of explosives was found on the line at Bulimba, and. a large stone was jammed between the points at another place. The Commissioner of Police has received threatening letters from sympathisers with the strikers. The wharf labourers ceased work temporarily, and paraded the streets. They carried a resolution that the waterside workers are prepared to assist in a general strike, if necessary, to force the Tramway Company to recognise the men's demands. A deputation from the Parliamentary Labour party waited on the Home Secr»tary and Minister for Railwavs and asked them to enforce the section of the Tramways Act providing for an efficient service. The Ministers Btated that they were officially unaware of the trouble, and promised to consider if action were possible.

STATE IRONWORKS. (Received 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Caiinet ha« authorised the preparation of a bill for the purchase or construction of State ironworks. CARTERS COME OUT. (Received 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 25. Three-fourths of the carters emploved on the Great Northern railwav in London struck owing to the dismissa"l of a comi rade for refusing to do porter's work. LONG STRIKE ENDED. (Received 11.15 a.m.) ADELAIDE, this day. The protracted Builders Labourers' strike has ended, the employers conceding demand for 10/ a day. i ' MORE TROUBLE ON THE WHARVES. SYDNEY. January 25. Work on the inter-State wharves is in full swing, but fresh trouble has arisen on the coastal wharves, where the men demanded the rates conceded to the in-ter-State men. This demand the employers have temporarily conceded, pending a conference on Thursday. The deep sea men now threaten trouble. At present they reoaive half-a-crown an hour foT working during "smoke-ohs" and holidays, and they are asking for the inter-State rate, which means 3/. NAVVIES ON STRIKE. PERTH. January 25. The Perth railway engineers' strike is unsettled. The navvies on the railwav regrading works have struck, demandinit 10/ a S \