SUGAR WORKERS’ TROUBLE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3294, 12 August 1911, Page 7

SUGAR WORKERS’ TROUBLE.

DECLINE IN PRICE OF SHARES. CARGOES CANNOT BE UNLOADED. [UNITED PBEBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.^ SYDNEY, August 11. On the Stock Exchange yesterday the Colonial Sugar Co.’s shares declined 22s 6d. MELBOURNE, August 11. The wharf laborers unloaded the Arakin ac’s general cargo, but declined to touch the sugar. The clerks completed the work. The carters refused to cai u sugar. WAITING FOR THE CONFERENCE. MATTERS COMPARATIVELY QUIET (Received August 11, 10.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 11. Matters in connection with the strike are quiet, pending the decision of the Brisbane conference. The steamer Gabo has arrived at Newcastle. Her general cargo is being unloaded, but 60 tons of sugar aboard are untouched. WANT TO KNOW THE REASON. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PRICES. MELBOURNE, August 11. Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Acting Premier, in referring to the rise in the price of sugar, said that tlie Prime Minister of New Zealand had informed him that the price of No. 1 sugar in New Zealand was £ls 15s per ton and No. 2 £ls ss, as against £22 16s 6d and £2l 17s 6d in Australia. The seller in both cases was the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, and the Australian public would be able to see the possibilities of this lucrative business, seeing that prices are from £6 to £7 more here than in New Zealand, and they will want to know the reason. THE BRISBANE CONFERENCE. LABOR OBJECTS TO PUBLICITY. (Received August 12, 12.40 a.m.) BRISBANE, August 11. The conference between the State Treasurer, Mr Barnes, representing the State sugar mills, and representatives of the Sugar Producers’ Association, with representatives of the Inter-State Labor unions, opened this afternoon. Mr Barnes was voted to the chair and explained the position in regard to the strike. He intimated that the representatives of the various unions had been empowered to negotiate for a settlement of the trouble. Mr Coyne, chairman of the InterState Trades Union Conference, objected to the presence of the Press, but said he had no objection to a digest of the proceedings being published later. A motion was then carried excluding the Press. THE CABO’S SUCAR. BACK TO WHENCE IT CAME, (Received August 12. 1.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 11. The Gabo came on to Sydney, and the wharf laborers removed her general cargo, but ignored the hundred ana twenty tons of sugar. The fresh cargo going in was placed above the sugar, which will be taken away again. STRIKERS’ UNSOUGHT ALLY. COW DERAILS A SUGAR. TRAIN. BRISBANE, August 11. A privately-owned sugar train at Bingera struck a cow. The engine and four trucks were derailed and thrown down the embankment, and the weighing superintendent was killed. The driver, Conway, was also killed.