INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 276, 10 November 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

EMPLOYMENT TN THE STATES

THE PASSING OF THE MIDDLE AGED. [ PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] (Received 10. 5.5 a.in.) "Washington. Nov. 9. The Employers’ Liability Workmen’s Compensation Commission is collecting evidence with a view to legislation. Witnesses for the Labour party declared that men over forty were unable to obtain new positions in the industrial world. Conditions Were worse than those of Britain.

TAXI-CAB STRIKE ENDED. (Received 10. 9.30 a.m.) London, Nov. 9. The taxi-cab strike lias been provisionally ended. MINERS’ WAGES. MINIMUM OF 7/- ASKED. (Received 10, 11.35 a.m.) London, Nov. 9. At. the conference between the Lancashire coal miners and coal mine owners the men asked for a minimum wage of 7 - and the management granting facilities for each man to do his day's work. The masters refused on the ground that the proposal was a violation of the Conciliation Board agreement, but they were willing to consider remedy' for abnormal places. MT. LYELL DISPUTE. Sydney. Nov. 9. The conference of Mt. Lyell directors and union officials has resumed, so far without definite result. POSITION MORE HOPEFUL. (Received 10. 10.10 a.m.) Hobart.- Tov. 10. The Mount Lyell conference was resumed to-day. It is stated there is good ground for hope that a settlement will be reached.

SYDNEY WHARF LABOURERS.

DISPUTE RENEWED

A PROBABLE LOCKOUT.

(Received 10, 8.55 a.m.)

Sydney, Nov. 10

The trouble with the wharf labourers for the inter-State wharves concerned has been renewed. The First the men demanded the same rates for overtime and for working contracts as the deep sea men. This was refused and last month those working general cargo knocked off for tea at' 5 o’clock instead of at 5.30 as provided in the agreement. They turned up again <o start overtime work at 6 o’clock instead of at 6.30. The owners declared this to be a breach of the agreement and declined to allow them to start until 6.30. The men thereupon left the wharves. Other gangs coming on at 7 o’clock were not allowed to start. "Work is stepped at all the intcr-Statc wharves excepting the Union Company, where the men were allowed to start at 6 o’clock because is was absolutely- necessary to finish loading certain vessels. Soon after this the men refused dv.tv.

The head offices of the Inter-State shipping companies at Melbourne are informed that it is understood the Shipowners Federation will take a flrm stand and enforce the agreement. When the men present themselves this morning they will probably find the gates of the InterState wharves closed against them.

SUGAR COMMISSION

EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS

(Received 1<», 19.40 a.m.) Brisbane, Nov. 10.

Before the Sugar Commission, a witness urged that the number of aliens employed m the industryshould be got rid of. When it was pointed out that this meant for them deportation or starvation and that it would be inhumanity, he replied that on a racial question we were likely to become inhuman.

N’.Z. "WATERSIDE "WORKERS

Timaru, Nov. 9.

The ballot of the Waterside Workers’ Union as to whether they should join the New Zealand Federation of Labour resulted : For 7-1. against 17. New conditions of labour were drawn up to Be presented to the employers.