TRADES AND LABOUR.
[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Paris, October 19. (Received October 20, r.t 10.25 a.m.) Owing to questions put in the Chamber of Deputies, the Premier offered his personal arbitration in the strike at Carmaux. (Received October 20, at 7 p.m.) The miners out on strike at Carmaux, in the south of France, declare that nationalisation of the mines is the only means by which a settlement of the difficulty can be arrived at. Melbourne, October 20. (Received October 20, at 12.10 p.m.) The secretary of the Seamen's Union has been fined LlO and costs for persuading a sailor to leave the steamer Gabo. Notice of appeal has been given.
Sydney, October 20. (Received October 21, at 1.15 a.m.)
The West Wallsend Company have replaced the engineers who went out on strike with nouunionists. The members of the Miners' Association have resolved not to identify themselves with the disuute.
The Defence Committee at Broken Hill have offered to withdraw the pickets if the owners will agree to the holding of a conference. This the owners refuse to do, intimating that work at the mines is progressing satisfactorily.
The whole of the watchmakers and jewelleri in Duuedin have agreed to observe a half holiday on Saturday.
Mr Farnie, labour bureau agent in Dunedin. has the names of over 300 unemployed men on his books. The roll was called over yesterday morning, when 160 of this number answered to their names, and 39 of these have been selected to proceed to-morrow to work on the Otago Central railway. Mr Farnie expects that work on the Catlins railway will be available at an early date, and if so a large number, if not all, of these who were, unsuccessful in obtaining work on the Otago Central will be sent to thatquarter.
Auckland, October 20.
At a meeting of shop employes and tradespeople to-day the majority expressed themselves in favour of conforming to the Shop Hours Act by closing on Wednesday afternoon. It was decided to canvass the city in order to ascertain the feeling of the tradespeople more fully.
Ciiristchurcii, October 20,
A movement is ou foot in town to-day to make Friday the market day, with a view of Saturday being observed as a general halfholiday. Already large support has been accorded it by leading tradesmen.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9564, 21 October 1892, Page 2
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