LABOR'S DEMANDS.

Mataura Ensign, 8 May 1912, Page 5

LABOR'S DEMANDS.

SEAMEN ON STRIKE. j\ AND 0. LINK CONCERNED. liY KbKjrniO TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. n?I?. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received May 8. 9.10 a.m. LONDON, May 7. The Peninsular and Oriental Company refused the union's demands and the men havo .struck. DOCK HANDS SUMMONED. Received May 8, 10.50 a.m. LONDON, May 7. The transport workers have been summom d to consider the calling out of tlio (lock hands in support of tho seamen and firemen. [t is understood that tho latter's de-i ,Hands extend to all the companies simi-| iarly circumstanced as tho P. and 0. iiicn. EIGHT HOURS OR STRIKE? Received May 8, 9.-10 a.m. j SYDNEY, May 8. The railwaymcn are agitating for an eight-hour day and there are threats of :i strike. MINERS AND POLITICS. Received May 8, 9.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 8. The report of the annual conference mi Federated Miners of Australia urged ihat it was imperative that the Minors' Federation should become an active political organisation. MUSICIANS' DEMANDS. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. AFCTvLAND, M:>v 8 The Auckland Musicians' Union has been registered under the. Arbitration Act. The demands avo very similar to of the AVeilington Uni'i-n. j , Tonking's Linseed Emulsion removes all the misery of sneeze and sniffle. 3