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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 December 1926, Page 5

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: (Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) SYDNEY. FACTORY FIRE. SYDNEY, December 2. A fire in Newland Brothers’ bedding factory, in the city, caused damage estimated at £lO,OOO. • A BAIL-BREAKER. ; SYDNEY, December 2. Alfred Duncan, who arrived as_a stowaway fronrNew Zealand, has failed to pass the dictation test, .and was therefore sentenced to a month’s hard labour, pending his deportation to New Zealand.. 1 '. The police stated that Dunca,n had absconded from bail in New Zealand, where lie, was awaiting trial - on charges of breaking and entering. . YALLOURN DISPUTE. ■ MELBOURNE, December 3. The Yallourn strikers agreed to modify the demand,- but still. - refuse io -ccept .the Arbitration Court award. They have now agreed to resume work on conditions which were formerly in operation providing a. forty-five hour week, this is also to apply to men working in the new cut,_ where the working week has always been fortyeight hours. The' officers of the Electricity Commission state it is impossible for the commission to. adopt ■r:y compromise. The output of the Yallourn power house has been reduced, and the amount of current being produced at the metropolitan generating stations has been\increased to make up full supplies. !'NO OVERTIME” DISPUTE.,’ SYDNEY, December 3; As the result of the “no overtime” strike, steamers continue to be held up at various ports. The Marama, which according to schedule; should sail at three o’clock to-day for Auckland, will not get away till 4.30,*'• in order that the cargo can be shipped. BRISBANE, Dec. 3. The application by employers • o£ waterside labour in Queensland for the deregistration of the Watersiders’ Union, and the cancellation of its award, consequent upon the “no overtime” strike, came before the Board of Trade, and was adjourned to allow the Union to make representations, to the Federal Executive, for the exemption of Queensland from the dispute. CRANE STRIKE SETTLED. SYDNEY, December 2’. A further conference of the Newcastle crane drivers and Mr Baddeley has arrived at a. settlement of the strike, and the men will resume work to-morrow. The terms of settlement will be presented at a? meeting of the men to-night for ratification. SYDNEY, December 3. A mass meeting of Newcastle crane drivers ratified the terms of settlement agreed upon at the conference with the Minister. The terms indicate both sides made concessions iu order to bring about peac3. The men will share alike a rate of wages which is a reduction on the present award rates, and shifts are to be arranged such as will give all crane drivers an equal amount of work. When, however, the “no overtime” strike is settled, the agreement becomes inoperative, and the crane drivers return on conditions existing before thp strike