AUSTRALIAN STRIKE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9783, 5 October 1917, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN STRIKE

, SEQU ~TO TH; TROUBLE CANCELLATION OF UNION REGISTRATIONS. Taker —Press Association—Copyrizht SYDNEY, October 4. A# a sequel to the strike, the Masters’ and Engineers’ Association has •withdrawn from the Labour Council .ml the Political Labour League. Tho Industrial Court has cancelled . tho registrations of the coast district section of the Federated Enginedrivers' Association of Australasia, and of the Coke workers’ Association, and has cancelled the preference clause of the Cold Storage "Workers’ Union, .tAMEN APPLYING FOR WORK . Tolegruyl:—Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, October 4. There is an important development in the seamen’s trouble. At Newcastle, forty seamen signed on for two inter-Stato and one oversea steamers, and others are applying for work. COAL MINE TO BE WOUND UP By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright MELBOURNE ,October 4. Owing to the non-resumption of work by the employees, steps are he- . iiig taken to" wind up the Jumbunna coalmine. DISCONTENT EVIDENT KUKRI-KUKRI MEN STILL OUT. FEDERATED SEAMEN HOLD BACK. elosraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 4, 10.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 4. ' |‘Although further Northern collieries were qpened to-day, discontent is still evident in certain districts. The Kurn,,.r Kurri .miners have decided not to rev .sumo in the,, Maitland fields, maintaining that they have been asked to accept humiliating and unsatisfactory cdnditionsrr-• Mr G. Fuller, Acting-Premier, has announced that until the men are propared to resume work in all the mines of a particular group none will be . . opened. •‘The'Fedcratod seamen and firemen have decided not to resume until the, wharfios come to terms, not because ol lanyl grievance against the shipping companies, but owing to the question of sailing with cargo loaded by nonunionists. Another meeting is fixed for Monday. Meantime efforts will be made to settle the wharfiea’ trouble.