AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. INDUSTRIAL MISSION REPORT. SYDNEY. Oct. 29. The report of the Australian Industrial Mission to the United States says tho effort of employers generally to understand the wants and requirements of their employees and on the other hand, a readiness of employee t<> grasp the idea of . the employer that the interests of both are identical, is very pronounced. The old system of one pulling one way and the other pulling in an opposite direction is apparently disappearing. The report indicates manufacturing industries strikes and lockouts are diminishing generally. It is pointed out the management lainvs ‘at collecting a good force giving it a good opportunity of earning good wages and keeping it working steadily and continuously, gaining its confidence and above all absolutely keeping faith with it. As a rule the management open shops, while demanding it. should be unhampered hy outside interference, encourages the co-operation of and displays a willingness to treat wit!i its employees. To-day, says the report, the attitude of labour towards scientific management seems to he one of open minded inquiry and experiment, with a leaning towards the adoption of promotion, and insistence. In many industries militant domination is being supplemented hy constructive' activity in the form of union management and co-operation. Wherever this is found in operation there are undoubted proofs ol contentment among the workers and management and prosperity with progress in industry. The American Federation of Labour has modernised its viow to newer ideas that the employer and employee are inter-dlo-j vend cut and that co-operation between both for the benefit of industry is essential to efficiency and strict application to work for a maximum output on both sides is the only way that industry will he made to provide further remuneration for both.

WHALERS SAIL. MELBOURNE. Oct. 29. Sailed—-Whalers Star Nine and Ten for Stewart Island. COINERS RAIDED. MELBOURNE, Oct. 30. The police raided a house at Brighton and found a complete note printing plant and two thousand counterfeit one pound notes. Three men, Claude Smith of New Zealand, John Thompson and Frank Thorndon wore arrested and charged with conspiring to forge notes. The police state that the notes were t<, have been circulated at the races on Cup day.

nULOT.O GOLDFIELD OUTPUT. MELBOURNE, Oft. 29. The output of the Bulolo Goldfield (New Guinea) to (late is valued at £300,000. HON. A .MERY’S TOUR. MELBOURNE, Oct. 31. Hon. Amcrv has completed bis tour of Tasmania and has returned to Alelbourne, where he remains to witness the Cup. He then proceeds to Canberra. HOTEL EIRE. MELBOURNE, Oct. 31. The Grand Hotel at QucenseM, one of the largest in Victoria, was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £40,000.