Condensed Cablegrams

Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1889, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams

;. New Zealand hemp ; of, avcdage quality is quoted at £27. .^ ■ „< The additional demands of the men have been conceded^ «md the Dock Companies bare agreed tO^pay casual hands 6d an hour af£qr Ist January next if the strikers, resume on' Mond y and ' gu*arajniee » n<S; to molest the labourers now at work. Tile" 'Companies 'declare Utitti ''paring to the grave assertions made &y the Lord Mayor, Cardinal Manning: land Bishop Temple the public, peace ;ha» been endangered, and the Cdmpanie* can no longer freely exercjpa their unfettered judgment. They complain that they have been obliged to yield to outside pressure, which is a dangeroub departure in.disputs| betfreen ! employers and workmen. Thf^add ; that th'eY'hare Jbeefc largely influ- • enced in their decision by the asstiri ,aiiCj? ; of; > shipowners #nd .m^rchante that^ the public, are jfc^ .bear the increased charges. * • . K i',t 1 The strikers have publiejhefl a manifesto refusing 'to grant the j Dock Companies better terms than I those granted to .the* whar£i»ge» i and stevedores. The Jailoi>j_and : firemen will reiuine' iMork for any- " body granting the labourers their , demands. The ligfyjejbe^ \iyjj t resume if the advance to 6s per day ' is conceded. .-'.n "*rf; ;.»j4»#. ! LoVd Mayor" TOftsh.eM'*aewise» '.. tb^.stnke^ x^.^j^^<i^i6^ in „ refusing to, acqej^ &&cp'nigrofla^e. i At a meetingiiasHyde ,Eaife»a Mr Burns stated' he mereiyuifdef totik to [ submit the propbsals iff'shV fe*&eu- ',■ tive, The,i % ej eQ^Qu wajs.uuaj|lsffonß, , and .bo there was an" Qpiuipa ,fhat , mediation is a mistake.; »>««•*? ' Itfe'stited the men 'will' rmtime work if the 6d : ah h&ti; rate begins ; in.October, and the ' liord ..^yor ia trying to induce the conipajtyeg .to grant th? increase at an earlier date than January, as at first arranged. Lord diaries Scott, <whoy succeeds Admiral Fairfax in command of the Australian- station, Bails '■ on* «frd October. ■;■ . , . ■ f , ,j