LABOR'S UNREST.

Mataura Ensign, 1 November 1911, Page 5

LABOR'S UNREST.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE. MEN EXPECTED TO RESUME. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received November 1, 10.40 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 1. It is expected that the wharf laborers will decide to resume work at to-night's meeting. It is stated that they did not fully realise the legal aspect of the matter when they struck. COULD N£T PROSECUTE. Received November 1, 10.40 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 1. In reply to questions in the House of Representatives Mr Hughes (Attor-ney-General) declared that the Government could not prosecute the Sydney strikers as the trouble was confined to one State. MOUNT LYELL TROUBLE. Received November 1, 10.40 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 1. The Mount Lyell directors have posted notices intimating that they distinctly decline to reinstate White. If the men choose to declare the strike off they will be re-engaged as required. Norman White, a union steward, was dismissed for trespass, he being found guilty of a breach of discipline in returning to tho mine after finishing his shift, and questioning the men on contract job as to how long they had been working. The union demanded White's reinstatement. INCREASED WAGES. Received November 1, 10 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 31. The Ixmdon and North-Western Railway Company has increased the wages and reduced the hours of its men, involving an increased expenditure of £BO,OOO annually. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYMEN. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. PALMERSTON N., Nov. 1. The officials of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants at Palmerston give an emphatic denial to the statement published this morning that they intend to strike. They do not deny that great dissatisfaction exists and that they contemplate some action but the local secretary says, "Whatever we do we want the sympathy of the public and not their condemnation. The question of striking has not even been mooted." "ALL EMPTY GOSSIP." NO INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL. AUCKLAND, Nov. T. Mr Semple (organiser of the Labor Federation) in an interview said, "The talk of a general industrial upheaval fostered by the New Zealand Federation of Labor is all empty gossip. Trouble is not likely to eventuate unless it is forced upon the organisation. Most of the federated unions are working anficably under the agreement arrived at round the open table. Tn the coal industry matters are going smoothly and no difficulty is likely to arise for some time at least. The Auckland tramway employees will have the support of the federation in obtaining their new demands but no trouble is anticipated because the demand's made are reasonable.

Mr Semple added that ho had a thorough knowledge of the conditions throughout New Zealand from an industrial standpoint and could say that no serious trouble was imminent.