WORK AND WAGES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

aoelaide trouble over. Ut TfilcsrapJi-Press Association-Copyright. Adelaide, December 23. ... tied IVers> s^r ' s practically setThe president of the Industrial Court' me representatives of the employers and strikers, and arranged for a conference to-day, with' a proviso that work snould be resumed this morning. Subsequently a meeting of the em-, players was held. At the close the president of the. Drivers' Union stated that members of t-lio union would resume work this morning, but there must be no victimisation. If there was, Adelaide would again be involved in serious trouble. . I The employers met. and appointed I I delegates for a conference! ■ 1 (Roc. December 23, 9.40 j.m.) ' to Adelaide, December 23. Work 'has been resumed and all-the drivers are exceptionally busy owing to tu© Ohristmas trade. • . \ - SYDNEY SLAUGHTERMEN. (Rec. December 23, 9.40 p.m.) mi , Sydney, December 23. llio blaughterraen's Wages Board award has . been issued. It grants the men s demands regarding wages. Mutton slaughtermen aro .awarded i a ™ and casual hands 15s. a day. They are to kill and dress fiftyeight sheep daily. ' The beef butchers are to be-paid £4 ss. weekly, and casuals, 17s. a day, and are granted a 48-hour week. THREATENED SHIPPING STRIKE. (Rec. December 23, 9.40 p.m.) London, December 23. A meeting of the North West Coast seamen s and Firemen's Union has endorsed tho_decision of tlio Continental ocamen s . Union favouring an international strike in April or May next. POWELL-DUFFRYN ' STRIKE., ; London, December 23. j.; n 4 resu " ; tlio recent conference tho Eowell-Duffryn minors in Wales' who have been on striko .for some months, recommend the immediate resumption of work. . : r ; SEAMEN'S DEADLOCK ENDS. .. Melbournai. December 23. The deliberations of the Federated beamen s Union are over. The deadlook has concluded, but tho decision will not be made public. At the close she. president of " the. union stated: "Up'to the last "day of tliis month 'we are going'to. maintain I tho agreement with the : shipowners. Our future procedure nobody shall.know anything about for the present." 'It is gathered from / other sources, 'however, that the delegates who left for the various. States were to recom-mend-their -unions 'to submit' 1 the matter' to tho Arbitration Court, .. Tho.prospects.of asettlement.are-thus-considered more hopeful. AMERICAN" RAILWAY DISPUTE Ottawa, December 22. j ■'Western. Canadian havo decided to join the pending strike on tho United Statesrrailroadsx TT''V;Y .- Tho Hon. R. Lemieux, Canadian Post-'' master-Generali" states that the- Arbitration Act is likely to be invoked to settle the Canadian dispute... ■ ;■ There is a deadlock American dispute, the engine-drivVrs .'refiising 'to make any concession. •'''■■.: JOURNALISTS' AND ARBITRATION (Rec. December 24, 0.24 a.m.) : • v Melbourne, December . 23. ihe Australian Journalists' Association has lodged an application for registration under the Commonwealth Arbitration Act. , ••