WORK AND WAGES

Evening Star, Issue 15075, 6 January 1913, Page 6

WORK AND WAGES

UNREST ON THE COALFIELDS. ONE SOURCE ELIMINATED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SIDNEY, January 4. The dismissal of the foreman Russell from the • Mount Kembla colliery some time ago threatened to lend to a strike in the southern collieries of New South Wales, the miners claiming that they had been victimised because Rustcll was the secretary. of their lodge. Ihe proprietors declared that they had dismissed him for a breach of the rules. The Royal Commission appointed exonerate Russell, and find that the mine manager dismissed him on the strength of a false report that he had given certain instructions to another miner. THE ‘'AFTERNOON"’ SHIFT. MINERS WANT IT ABOLISHED. SIDNEY, January 6. (Received January 6, at 8 a.m.) There is serious unrest among the coal miners o? the .Maitland district over the question of the, abolition of the afternoon shift, which abolition the miners favor, ignoring the advice of their leaders. The men have called an aggregate meeting for to-day to discuss the"matter. Though a strike is not anticipated, it is expected that, the meeting will adopt a resolution fixing the dale whereon they will demand the abolition of this shift. SHIPOWNERS’ CONFERENCE DEMANDED. LONDON. January 5. The British Sailors’ and Firemen's Union have demanded a national conference with the shipowners on March 28.