LABOUR UNREST.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 March 1912, Page 5

LABOUR UNREST.

ANOTHfcR STRIKE. BIRKENHEAD EN<: 1 NKEISS GO OUT. 'Press Association. Copyright.) LONDON. March 7. Fifteen hundred of CainiiK-Jl and Laird's engineers at Birkenhead have struck for a shilling inerear-e. The til-ill declare that if thev are expected to pav higher w;:gcs than eisi uiiere they must recognise that the Mersey is jio iiwr,. .suitable for .shipbuilding tnau the Thames, and make arrangements accordingly. CAI'SE OK UNREST. PEOPLE'S AWAKENED CONSCIENCE. LONDON. .March 7.

The P.t. llou. A. Emmot. speaking at. a Congregationalist demonstration at Lancasfer. declared that- the rises in wages in the past ten years were inadequate. An enormous number of people were living in abject poverty. The present social unrest was <lu<-- tit the people's awakened conscience, which it was the churches' duty to strengthen. THE UNION BADGE.'* MELBOURNE. March 7. In the High Court application was made on behalf of the Brisbane Tramwav Company to prohibit the President of the Arbitration Court and the Tramway Employees' Association proceeding with the order of February 27tTT regarding the wearing of badges. ENFORCEMENT OF AWARD SUSPENDED. (Received 10.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE. This Day. The High Court granted an -order nisi preventing the enforcement of the badge award. It- is returnable at the next sittings. SYDNEY WHARVES IN FULL WORK. SYDNEY. March 7. The wharf labourers have resumed, and work is in full swing. NEW SOUTH WALES ARBITRATION BILL. (Received 8.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Government proceeds with the Industrial Arbitration Bill, notwithstanding the Council's deletion of the preference to unionists clause. None of the vital principles will be sacrificed. The Council's amendments will necessitate a conference of the two Houses.

MORE TROUBLE AT BRISBANE. UNIONISTS' ALLEGED BREACH OF UNDERSTANDING. (Received 10.35 a.m) BRISBANE, This Day. The wharf labourers declined to work the steamers Burrumbei't, Terrier, and Wodonga, on which free labour had been employed. The company regard the unionists' attitude as victimisation, despite the understanding that- there was to be none on either side. MORE TROUBLE AT NEWCASTLE. STRIKE NOT UNLIKELY'. (Received 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. A disruption occurred between the proprietors and the men at the Newcastle Conciliation Committee. The proprietors flatly stated that they would not allow the question of abolition of the afternoon shift to come before the Committee for settlement. The miners at Newcastle and Maitland have been for months agitating for the abolition, contending that it- 'was irksome and robs them of th e most advantageous period of the evening. The proprietors contend that the abolition would make it impossible to work the pits efficiently. The proprietors.' announcement caused consternation amongst, the men's representatives. The Committee adjourned sine die- ~ An atmosphere of unrest prevails, and a. general strike is -regarded as not unlikely. ECHO OF THE WELLINGTON TRAMWAY STRIKE. WELLINGTON, This Day. The City Council last night refused to accede- to a request by ex-Inspector Fuller that the Council should pay the law costs incurred by him in connection with the charges laid against him by the Tramways Union, amounting to £l7 17s.