AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14932, 4 March 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.

■'"■ ■"'"'.:"''..'..'';'' ■♦ '/'•■-•-~:r;l:;:' ; / ''";''■-■''■: ;"'Bs THE BRISBANE TROUBLE* WHARF' " MEN" STILL ' OTJTi MINERS TO TAKE A BALLOT, - By Telegraph.— A«*oeiattoa.—Copyright (Received March 3, 5.5 p.m.) Brisbane, March 3. At a meeting of the Waterside Unions it was decided to remain on strike* The Miners' Union will take a ballot to decide whether they will sign the employers* proposed agreement, which provides for the resumption of the old conditions, ex-. ceptipg that the men must give a fortnight's notice before leaving work. The-Employers' Federation reports that the labour offering through the free- labour bureau will supply all requirements. THE SHIPPING DISPUTES. IN DANGER OF SPREADING. (Received, March 4, 12.40 a.m.) ■ .'' - Melbourne, March 3. The Commonwealth steamship owners have represented to' the- Arbitration Court that the dispute which has occurred in Queensland and Sydney in connection with inter-State shipping is in grave danger of spreading to other parts of the Commonwealth. ' , ':■■ ■ . Tli© Court has summoned a conference of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne steamship owners and waterside workers for Friday next to consider the situation. STRIKE OF BRICK CARTERS. (Received March, 4, 12.40 a.m.) Sydney, March 3. The brick carters have struck for %n in« crease of 6d per 1000 in the cartage rates. ; The advance in the price of horse feed and the dearness .of living, are put forward as '." the cause of the demand. '':■'".,.. •'