COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1926, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

ART OF IDLENESS. THE 44-HOUR WEEK. COACHMAKEBS' ON STRIKE. (B? Cable.—Press Association.— Copyrlgbt.) (Received 11 a.m.l SYDNEY, this day. The trouble which arose over the settlement of the 44-hour dispute lit -Messrs. Holdcn and Co.'s motor-body works is still unsettled, about 80 members of the Coachmakers' Union being idle. The trouble has now spread to the Phizackerly Works, where 60 men refused to work upon some bodies that had ' previously been under construction in I the Holden workshops.— (A. and X.Z.) A STRIKE ENDS. MINERS TO RESUME. SYDNEY, June 17. The Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association has called off the collieries strike and the employees have been instructed to present themselves for work to-morrow in order to have the mines ready for a resumption of operations on Monday. Mr. Justice Hibble stated today that he was anxious that work in all the mines should be commenced again on the same day. It is estimated that the loss of wages suffered by the strikers as a result of the stoppage amounted to £700,000. The value of the coal not mined during the men's idleness is estimated at £1,700,000.—(A. and N.Z.) I

THE YACHT SURPRISE. SYDNEY, June 17. The private yacht Surprise arrived at Sydney to-day from Wellington, New Zealand.— (A. and N.Z.) TAHITI DELAYED. REPAIRS IN ENGINEROOM. SYDNEY, June 17. The departure of the, Tahiti, which was due to sail for Wellington at 4 p.m., Mas postponed until midnight, owing to necessary repairs to the enginercom.— (A. and X.Z.)