INDUSTRIAL WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18676, 4 October 1922, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL WORLD

REBUILDING OF TRADE UNIONS. MR TOM MANN’S VIEWS. ECHO OF RAND STRIKE. f?r«sa Aoaooiation- -By Telegraph— Copyrighi CAPETOWN, October 2. Mr Tom Mann has arrived here at the invitation of certain Labour organisations. Interviewed, ho said that he was not out to create trouble, but to help in the rebuilding of the trade unions, which apparently were in a bad way. He expressed his disapproval of certain features of the new conciliation seneme. His eight years’ experience in Australia of similar institutions showed that they did not advance the true interests of the workers. He said he -ivas convinced that nothing less than identification with the international movement would meet the requirements of the future. He also had .in view action in connection with an organisation which styled itself the Class War I risoners’ Release Committee, which protested against the sentences passed on men who were concerned in the strike, and which would join with the South African workers in demanding a general amnesty.—A. and N.Z. Cable. WELSH COLLIERIES. SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES. LONDON, Octobers. (Received Oct. 3, at 8.10 p.m.) Earl Buxton, chairman of South Wales Coal Conciliation Board, dealing with the question of subsistence allowances for the 10-wer-paid men, conceded the heads of families a maximum of 7s 2d daily and single men 6s Bd. The owners resisted the claims on the ground that the economic position of industry did not instify a fur--ther burden.—A. and N.Z. Cable. N.S. WALES COLLIERIES. SOUTHERN MINES CLOSED. FIGHT BETWEEN OWNERS AND MEN. SYDNEY. October 3. (Received Oct. 3, at 10.40 p.m.) A battle between the coal miners and the owners has commenced. All the southern collieries were dosed to-day. The owners claim that the majority of the miners did not present themselves for work, but Mr Willis states that the men went to the mines readv to start work, hut found no work available; (He added that the miners would continue to present themselves at the mines daily, and in tne event of no work being available they would claim a lock-out. 3o far 4COO men are idle. It is feared that the miners in other districts will strike in sympathy. The'Council of Action has concluded its sittings and has announced that it will use every weapon to enforce the claims of the men; who, it declares, have been unjustly treated. GO-SLOW TACTICS. BOILER-MAKERS DISMISSED. SYDNEY. October 3. (Received Oct. 3, at 10 40 p.m.) Thirty boiler-makers were dismissed from Carden Island, making 60 dismissals in the past week, for adopting go-slow tactics. FORTY-FOUR HOURS 5 WEEK IRON TRADES UNION CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE. October 3. (Received Oct. 3. at 10.40' p.m.) A conference of the Industrial Disputes Committee, the Trades Hall Council, the Iron Trades Unions, and the Engineers passed a resolution that a conference of the iron trades unions throughout Australia be held to make common cause in the demands for a 44-hours’ week.