LABOUR QUESTIONS.
THE MINERS' STRIKE. Emm A_sod_t_s_—_l«ctrie I-esr_p_—Copyright. London, July 22. Mr Pickard, on behalf of the miners, has declined to submit the difference to arbitration. Abundant coal stocks strengthened the employers' attitude towards the employees. Sydney, July 22. There is great distress among the northern colliers, and the various Lodges propose to levy from those in employment to assist those out of work.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, July 22. At a meeting of bpot operatives last night the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was discussed. The speakers expressed themselves adverse to lawyers or paid agents appearing in the Arbitration Coutt, as provided in certain clauses, but all the general principles of the Bill, were approved. It was agreed to forward a resolution to this effect to Mr Reeves to thank him for introducing the measure, and urging the Government to push the Bill through. The position of the men in Auckland compared with the South was referred to, and the figures quoted from Mr Tregear's report show that Auckland is overrun with boy labor.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8542, 24 July 1893, Page 5
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