WORK AND WAGES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10570, 27 September 1910, Page 4

WORK AND WAGES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received September 27, at 8.5 a.m. London, September 26. The Edinburgh conferences admittedly cleared the air towards a settlement. The boilermakers' representatives appointed a small committee to consider the employers' proposals in detail and suggest any alterations deemed necessary and finally submit a practicable draft scheme to the next meeting. The conference of employers proposed fines for a breach of agreement: 30s for the first breach and £3 for the second, the society guaranteeing the ' fines, which would i benefit the boilermakers' widows and orphans; members refusing to be debarred employment in the federated yards for progressive periods according to the number of times the offence was repeated, the society during such periods not to pay rebellious members unemployment or other benefits. Negotiations with the employers continue. THE COAL STRIKE. Received September 27, at Q. 15 a.m. ■ ,; - London, September 26. Mr Mabon, in view of to-morrow's ballot, advises the supporting of the Cambrian miners financially instead of a general stoppage. If the latter is carried thero will T>o nothing to prevent a calamitous crisis. 'Tho men will not bo allowed to resume except on terms less favorable than ,at present.