LABOUR HATTERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 8 February 1909, Page 3

LABOUR HATTERS.

(Pbess AssociAiiou. — Copyeioht.) THE BRITISH RAILWAY DISPUTE. A SATISFACTORY AWARD. ■ "- ■-' LONDON, Saturday. Sir Edward Fry, as the B.ard ci Trade arbitrator l*twc»n the NorthWestern Railway Company and .w,obo iailv.ay servants of various grades, ar- . ter the Conciliation Board had failed to agree, requires many concessions by the Company, but also reduces sonic .wages and disallows various claims cf ■■■tha men's national programme. . Mr TUchard Bell, M.P., secretary of tha Railway Servants' Society, expresses satisfaction with the award. ■'■' THE AUSTRALIAN MINERS' FEDERATION. A NEW ZEALAND DELEGATE. -.*. , -SYDNEY, Sunday. Mr Hickey, ' the .:N«w Zealand coai/■jninefe*'"; deiegaW ' , attended a special meeting' .'of the management of the .-Northern Colliery ' Employees' Federation at Newcastle, and explained that • his mission, to Australia was to place the position, of the coalminers of thc Dominion before -the mining communities here. He hoped that a plan -Twould be formulated *to bring Newcastle and New Zealand toalminers' or-£-__-__e__t_«_.-___ dosoz- together-. T_- _,^-t---mg decided that the executive officers of ths Federation should confer with Mr Hickey during the coining week, •with a view to arriving at a scheme for cor-ordinate action. FURTHER TROUBLE AT PSEFTON. iLEEFTON, Sundav. At ax large meeting of the Inanga'hua -Miner..' Union heir! h.-t niitht. it was decided to institute proceedings bv the Miners' Federation against mine-owners for a lock-out as alleged at Christmas, on accounj of placards and notices re medical examination. It is believed the mining companies are instituting proceedings against the engine-drivers and others.