WORK AND WAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 14637, 5 August 1911, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

THE DOCKERS' STRIKE. Pre« Assoeatacn—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Augaat 4. Some- vessel? which are ixnablo to unload at London have been ordered to Antwerp. Foreign unions have been instructed to boycott them. There ire 20,000 strikers on the Thames, including 600 lightermen. At a .conference at which masters and men war? present it wa* agreed that Sir A. K. Rollitt should act as arbitrator to decide whether dockers' work is stevedores' work or not. (Received August 5, at 8.5 a.rn.) A targe force of dockers on etrike at Belfast attacked I>he> carte that w«re conveying goods from the quays. The vehicles were overturned and the goods scattered. An agreement ha- - ; been signed e»ding the Liverpool strike. It concede* the recognition of the Docker*' Union and union hours and pay. SHORTAGE OF LABOR. SYDNEY, August 5. (Received August 5, at 9.50 a-m.) Tho Labor Commissicn hare taken a large amount of evidence from employee* in various trader, all of whom demy the alleged shortage of labor. THE PRICE OF GROCERIES. "Sydney, August 5. (Received August 5, at 10.5 a.m.) It was stated in evidence given before the W.ogrE Board that tho prices of groceries had risen from ?i to 10 per cent, within the tact two years. QUEENSLAND SUGAR STRIKE. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. SYDNEY, August 5. (Received August 5, at 30.5 a.m.) A conference of Waterside Workers', Federated Seamen'?, and Federated Carters and Drivers' Unions has been called at Brisbane for Wednesday next to discuss matters in connection with the sugar strike. The delegates from the other States have hurriedly left for the north. The conference is likely to have an important effect on the position, and fears are expressed in some quarters' that it-may l« the precursor of a. general strike of the transport workers.