VARIOUS MATTERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 March 1912, Page 5

VARIOUS MATTERS.

LONDON TAXI-CAB DRIVERS. J LONDON, March 11. j The arbitrators awarded the taxi-ca'.j : drivers extras and 25 per cent, of the takings, the drivers working six days a week instead of five. FORECLOSURE ON RAILWAYMEN'S MORTGAGES. LONDON, March 11. The Amalgamated Society of Railwaymen foreclosed on the mortgages of members who had failed to respond to the call to strike in August. The privileges of the Society enable a member to obtain a loan to the extent of five-sixths of the value of his house, at 3A per cent, interest, to be repaid in 20 years. -

THE "DOG WATCH" IN MINES. MELBOURNE, March 11. The miners at Wonthaggi State mine decided to ballot to abolish -the "dog watch." This means dispensing with between 200 and 300 men. CONFERENCE DISSOLVED. MELBOURNE, March 11. The compulsory conference of steamship owners and waterside workers has been dissolved, as it was reported that work was proceeding satisfactorily at Sydney and Brisbane. END OF THE LITIIGOW STRIKE IN VIEW. (Received 10.15 a.m.) ' SYDNEY, This Day. Indications point to the protracted Lithgow strike drawing to a close. A basis of settlement . has been reached which will be placed before the men. AUCKLAND TRAMWAY MEN. AUCKLAND, March 11. Mr Walklate, general manager of the tramways, says he ■ has received no official intimation from the Tramway .Emplbyees' Union that it proposed to go on strike. He did not anticipate that they would break their agreement with the company in any way. * THE AUCKLAND LABOURERS. PROTEST AGAINST A NEW UNION. AUCKLAND, March 11. A meeting of delegates of unions affiliated to the Labour Federation has appointed a deputation to interview the Prime Minister and to discuss with him the general laborers' dispute. A document protesting against tho registration of such unions as the City and Suburban Bodies Employees' Union under the Arbitration Act was submit ted with a thousand signatures of members of the General Labourers' Union, on the ground that the latter includes nine-tenths of the labourers in and around Auckland. The general labourers, by an overwhelming majority, resolved that registration by the new union would be diametrically opposed to the interests of the vast majority of Auckland labourers, and would cause unnecessary friction and irritation. The protest will be forwarded to the Registrar of Industrial Unions. PRIVATE CONFERENCE WITH THE PREMIER. AUCKLAND, March 13. A deputation from the General Labourers' Union waited upon the Prime Minister to-night, in regard to the present dispute. The proceedings were private.