WORLD OF LABOR.

Mataura Ensign, 17 January 1914, Page 5

WORLD OF LABOR.

I t WATERSIDERS OUT. a [BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT.. >'Kli ONITHJ PBBSB ASSOCIATION. Received January 17, 10.50 a.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 17. s The watersiders' difference witih the I shipowners over the new log took tang- 1 ible form when the Maheno arrived. I \ 1 Pending a settlement of the overtime I i i question the men left the wharves at i '5 p.m. The mails and) luggage were t J unloaded by a limited staff of clerks 1 I and watchmen. \ BETTER PROSPECT. \\ Received January 17, 10.50 a.m. 1 MELBOURNE, Jan. 17. 1 The watersiders have declared to ap- i proach the shipowners with the object 1 of securing another conference. The ' 'prospects are for an amicable settle- 1 ment. i THE OLD WATERSIDERS. OHRISTCHCROH, Jan. 17. ! The wharves are busy again to-day, < but it is apparent that at the best em- i ! ployment is not available for more than : I two-thirda of the present members of < the new watersiders' union. The mem- < bers are being reduced gradually, but ■ the number is scarcely likely to. fall much below 150. Some of the old ■ watersiders will have to look elsewhere for a livelihood. . WORKING ON SUNDAY. FEB UNITED PEESB ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Jan. 16. At tho Magistrate's Court to-day James Barnes* a painter, was fined 10s, and costs (9s), for working on a Sunday morning at his trade in a public place. Barnes was working on a new picture theatre that was to open next day, and at the request of the management, he explained, Tie had consented to finish painting a ticket box in front of the building, so that the paint might dry by the next evening. * He was only working for about half an hour. The defendant also complained that he had practically last his place in the shop he was working at on account of this trouble. The police inspector said the man in charge of the theatre building was not consulted in regard l to the painting of the box, and did not know that Barnes was working.