Labour Troubles in England and Australia.
End of the Strike in Wales. London, August 14. The Board of Trade returns show that there were 91 strikes during July, a worse state of things than a year a . o. The strikes ia South Wales have beea settled,
Under the terms of the arrangement with the railway meu of South Wales a week's work generally ha 3to consist of 60 houu ! >nt for -ig:i ilmcn it wilJ be 12 hours per day for csix da,} :■, a, v, c-tjk.
The Cardiff Dock Company have given the Unionists notice to leavo u./.~'s they choose to work wibh non-Uniauists.
August 15. The strike in South Wnles having ten;ii« nited, work in the mines and on the railways has been resumed. It is estimated that in the ahorb period the men were out. half a million iv wages was sacrificed.
Sydney, August 15. The Shipping Companies are withdrawing thdr advertisements and time tables, on the ground Uwt they are unable to regulate the movements of steimers owing to impending labour difficulties.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 193, 16 August 1890, Page 2
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