LABOUR TROUBLES.
U.-. o . '...v- ; ■ COST OF STRIKES. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION- -COPYRIGHT. ;■ : - ' ' ■ London, March 4. '. The shipwrights' striko on the North-East poasfc cautiriucs.: Th'o lp'ss: in \vagos"so far hns totalled £55,00(). " ' (The' loss iu.'wage's, in' ; connection-v/ith tlio engineers':' strike' 011 tho North-Bast coast totals £25,000 weekly, : THE DISPUTE. ; , ; TWO MINES RESUME WORK. . i'syciney, March 5. • Tho Heddon and Greta: mines, which were idle biving: to th'o; management refusing to reinstate, foyr .men,-.have.resumed work. • , • EVIDENCE IN CAMERA.
STATEMENT • BY, THE. PRESIDENT OF / THE COURT - (Bee.'March-5, 11,5 p.m.) Sydney, March 5. • the Npwpastlo.Mining' Cpurfc,: I-re«i--Tlpijt mado his prbirjispcl statement.- Ii) reviewing- tho positjqn,, hp that' the miners",had! taken an jibsolutelyumjustifial)]e position, over tho, camera evidence. If tho Miners' Federation' lyithdrew,,.causing. th-b breakup of- tlie Coiirt,'ho' would,say' that tho miners had broken their agreement without anjr f justification :.whatever, merely because, they had'failed, to. dictate' to: the .Court. 'The .'only: tiling "for thpm' .'toVclij wja:s -td witlidraw, from\their;attitude 'and leave' tho procedure' .pf .the Court in. the hands of the' Court. ; Counsel'for- the.;miriers declared that they' could'.not'.'at''that 'stagd- s?ty'-what- thie-•miners •would.do;i.They''must'take instructions from. the Federation. ..They'asked for an adjournment to'further rfcdnsidpr the-position, "'f, ■ Tho Cotirt tlion adjourned till. ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 7
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195LABOUR TROUBLES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 7
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