LABOUR STRUGGLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9320, 15 June 1891, Page 2

LABOUR STRUGGLES.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. EUEOFEAN. THE LONDON OMNIBUS STRIKE. ENDED. (SPECIAL.) London, Jana 12. The Omnibus Companies have issued an ultimatum insisting that the men must re* sumo work at 7a per day for drivere and 5s for conductors till 13th July. The company will then concede 12 hours a day, and the wages will be reduced—drivers to Cs and conductors to 4a Gd. (Deceived June 14, 6.10 p.m. London, June 13. Tho employes of the [’London - General Omnibus and London Hoad Car Companies, who were out on strike, have accepted the latter’s terms, and resumed work, (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received June 14, 0.20 p.m.) London, June 13. An immense meeting of laundresses will be held in Hyde Bark on Sunday, when resolutions will be moved urging shorter hours.

AUSTRALIAN. APPROACHINgTeND OF THE SHEARERS’ STRIKE. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Brisbane, Jana 13. The Strike Committee is obtaining the opinion of the men as to whether they should declare tho strike at an end, A number of Unionist shearing camps favour this course.

The Strike Committee acknowledge they have been repulsed, but not defeated. The men will probably resume work in a few days. The master printers have resolved to re. dnoe tho wages paid their employes to the rates paid previous to 1883, wheu they were raised under pressure of the Typographical Society.