NEWCASTLE STRIKES
. ; <f ; . - , ,v, r SITUATION GRAVE. ). PREMIER ADVISES THE MINERS TO RESUME WORK. 1; : WHARF TROUBLE AND SHIPPING. e Ol TELEGRAPH—TRESS ASSOCIATION—COrTItIGITT- ' ■ Sydney, t January 4.1' ' Altogether nino mines liavo been -rong dercd idle at Noweastlo, including Lambton, i, Burwood, West Wallsend, and Northern Extended..: ' ■ £ The Premier (Mr. Wade) has.wired-to tho > president of tho Miners' Federation, urg- ' ing resumption of work; and pointing out 0 that he cannot emphasise too strongly tho T gravity of'tho situation. io " ■ v . - i- - '" ■ / ' 1 ; NON-UNIONISTS GET ADVANCED ' , y,• ■ rates! ■ ■ • ({ Sydney, January 4. ;t .'The strike of wharf labourers at Nowy castle (who are defying .an award V of. the d Arbitration Court) continues. ,' Tlie,. strikers, d demand an increase to one and threepence per hour for day, and one and ninepence for night work. . "■ The crews have assisted the permanent r wharft hands in -slowly discharging arriving d; vessels. - . : . g The Union Company paid non-unionists' i discharging tho Wakatipu. at the rates des manded by the 'strikers. 1 o.' i - i . THE LATEST. >'• ' e ; (Reo. Jan. 6, 1 a.m.) ' , i Newcastle, January B. There .is no change in tho position, as roe gavds the collieries. ' t . Tho result of the conference to-morrow-is £ anxiously awaited.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 7
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201NEWCASTLE STRIKES Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 7
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