INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 245, 3 October 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

PROTEST AGAINST VOLUNTEER

POLICE.

[ PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.]

London. Oct. 2

The Strikers Conference protested against the formation of the volunteer police force.

LANCASHIRE TEXTILE WORKERS.

At a c<-i f i if Lancashire textile work ' inddersfield it was

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IRISH it , ILV'.'.Y STRIKES.

WATERFORD RESUMES WORK

(Received 3, 10.30 a.m.) London, Oct. 2.

Locomotives, signalmen and others at Waterford have resumed work. The train services will recommence to-morrow. UNREST IN AUSTRALIA. LITHGOW FINES REDUCED. (Received 3, 9.35 a.m.) Sydney. Oct. 3. Several of the fines imposed at Lithgow have been considerably reduced. MR. HOLMAN AND THE STRIKE LEADER. (Received 3, 9.35 a.m.) S' linev. Oct. 3Alr. Holman states that he had the concurrence of Judge Heydon m remitting a portion of Dickson’s senENGINE DRIVERS’ THREATS.

Melbourne, Oct. 2.

The Engine Drivers’ and I' iremen’s Association notified the Mount Lyell Company that unless the terms of the Arbitration award were conceded and the dismissed man reinstated they would cease work to-morrow.

The engineers employed in the State coal mine demanded an increasi* of 1 8 per shift. Failing compliance they threaten drastic action. AI ST RALI A N SEA MEN ’ S CLAIMS. (Received 3, 10.30 a.m.) Melbourne, Oct. 3. The Federal Arbitration Court has commenced hearing the seamen's claims against the Steamship Owners Association . The demands of boatswains are £9 a month, A.B/s £s, lamp-trimmers £9, ordinary seamen £6, donkeymen £ll. greasers £lO, and runners £h. They ask for four hours on duty and eight off when at sea.

MT. LYELL DISPUTE. ( OM Pi' LSOR Y (ON I'ER ENCE DEMANDED. (Received -’I, 10.30 a.m.) Melbourne, Oct. 3. It is claimed t hat I lie Amalgamated Mine Employees Association has lodged a claim with (lie Federal Registrar for a compulsory conference in concct' ’ti with the Mount Lvcll dispute. AUCKLAND SHIPBUILDERS’ DISPUTE. Auckland, Oct. 2. At the Arbitration Court to-day, in the ship anil boat building trade dispute, the union representative said all points but wages, limitation of apprentices, and the terms of the award had been settled before the Conciliation Council. The union was asking for 1,6 an hour all round, the rate prevailing all over the Dominion except at Auckland. The employers offered 1/3 an hour for shipwrights and 12 for boatbuilders. Mr .Justice Sim said an agreement had been arrived at in 1909, and it was for the union to show that conditions had sb changed that an increase was necessary, and this they had not done. After evidence had been taken the court reserved its decision. COASTAL TRADE. OFFICERS DEMAND HIGHER PAY. THE POSITION IN AUCKLAND AND NELSON. Auckland, Oe. 2.

An officer in the Auckland coastal licet, when asked tc-tlay whether he thought there was a possibility of a strike here in sympathy with the Wellington officers:, said it was im possible to ray what would happen A claim f ir an award respecting tin Auckland ciast'il service li-.d bee: 1 filed iimii" the Ariritrati-m Act. and was t; have come before the court during the present sitting, but ships' officer:, all through the Dominion '.vere so diss.tfisiied with the Arbitration (’carl award in Wclliugtc.n tli it he believed the i-ffii-crs in Atu-kland wmihl seek to withdraw tb.eir claim for an aw ard here : in fai t, he knew that i rurse hail been advised by Captain Wat: i n, secret-try cf the Merchant Service Guild. It was. he declared, absolutely bey-jnd his comprehension as to bow the < curt could have *lci hired that it vias a fair thing ft r officers to v. -rk 2<» hours i--.d f 24. Here, in Attckkuitl. officers ip. tin- coastal fleets we:e now working .3n hours cut of the 4S. and they wanted less than tb-tt. lint evidently the Arbitration Couii thought they : h* uld vv rk m* re. A meeting of officers li’id hi'cii called to * nside:' t be adv is-d'iiit v if t-iking aeti >n. but unanimity as to the course to be taken had nut prevailed. 11 is stated cfiicially that the Auckland Seamen's I'nicn has decided to apply f> r the can* ellaticn cf it-.- l egist rat ion unde*- the Arbit ration Ait. There were, it n Hated, -nly from 16 to 2*’ members present at the meeting at which the decision was arrived at. cut < f tin- total <>! fi cm fit*- i*< six hundred financial mcmkei:: which ct.’npi ise the union.

The Auckland union’s agreement with the shipowners expired 12 months ago lasi 24arch. and apparently no fresh terms i f agreement have been submitted. The secretary of the Auckland, union (Mr. Kneen) says he is not in a position to discus; the matter at present. Nelson, Oct. 2.

Unless tb.e coastal shipping trouble is settled within two or thre f days it is probable that the whole o! the Anchor fleet will be laid up. The company has arranged for the com pletion of several trips, but all their vessels on their return to Nelsor: will be laid up pending a settlement. It is rumoured that the Union Com puny’s officers may strike in sym pathy with those on the smaller vessels, although they are not affected by the Arbitration Court award.