INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES
TEXTILE WORKERS BALLOT ON STRIKE PROPOSAL. FIFTEEN PER CENT. INCREASE ASKED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, May 17. The result of the ballot of Huddersfield wool operatives as to whether they will strike will be known, on the 28th inst. The Manufacturers’ Association denies that it can afford the IS; per cent, advance demanded, and declares that wages are higher there than in any other district. , SHEARERS’ DEMANDS TO GO BEFORE COURT. SYDNEY, May 18. The conference between, pastoralisbi and shearers failed to agree. Court proceedings will be resumed. RENMARK FRUIT-PICKERS’ STRIKE ADELAIDE, May 18. The Renmark fruit-pickers’ strike continues. Growers are doing their own harvesting, and have sustained a loss of only 2J per cent.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7444, 19 May 1911, Page 5
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