44-HOUR FIGHT

Grey River Argus, 8 May 1926, Page 5

44-HOUR FIGHT

JUDGES AGAINST LABOUR Deadlock Continues. MELBOURNE, May 7. Following the action of Sir John Quick, other Judges of the Federal Arbitration Court refused to send to i the full Court applications for variation of awards from forty-eight to forty-four hours week. ►SYDNEY, May 7. The deadlock in ths strike over the forty-four hour week continues. Representatives of the unions are endeavouring to enlist whole-hearted support of the State Government. It is undujwtood that the Government has beeiwaskcd to cancel any contracts it hadr with firms, which had dismissed employees for failing to observe the awards, and that Cabinet consented to appoint a sub-committee to inquire into this suggestion. The Amalgamated Engineering Union has asked the Government to take over all shops in which work for the Government, is being done, and conduct them on a forty-four hours basis. Cabinet is disinclined to consider this seriously. Unionists arc anxious that the Government should demonstrate in a practical manner the sympathy it has expressed towards the strikers. It is understood that efforts arc afoot to extend the forty-four hours to Victoria. A special delegate from the Disputes Commit tec left Sydney. to-night to lay the position before Fed*"”' 1 1 inions’ representatives. f RICES HOISTED> (Received May 7 at 10 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 7. As a result of the forty-four hours’ week coming in and of day baking be ing instituted and also of an increase in the price of flour, the bakers here will advance the price of the two. pound loaf to sixpence for cash. On the same date. The price of milk has been reduced twopence per gallon as a result of the recent good rains and plentiful food. BOTH SIDES GETTING READY TO FIGHT. (Recd. May 7 at 11 p.m.) SYDNEY. May 7. Matters in connection with tho 44hour trouble are quiet. Both sides arc sitting tight. The unions are organising their forces. There will be a monster mass meeting of the employees of the affected trades to-morrow. Other unions are also holding sympathetic gatb / '* ,J rgs