TRADES AND LABOUR.
CONCILIATION AND ARBITKA-
TION.
LONDON, November 3.
Mr W. P. Reeves, Agent-general for New Zealand, addressed the Article Club on the subject of compulsory arbitration in New Zealand. Sir H. Tozer, Agent-general _ for Queensland, criticising the speech, advised Great Britain to exercise caution in adopting the principle. The Chief Justice, Lord Russell, of Killowan, thought it was undesirable to place on a judge the enforcement of such a law.
SYDNEY, November 4.
At a meeting of the colliery proprietors it was agreed to receive a deputation from the Northern miners on Friday next to discuss the weighing question. AUCKLAND, November 2. A Carters' Union has been formed, and shorter hours and larger pay demanded. At a meeting of manufacturers and importers it was decided to telegraph to the Government strong disapproval of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Bill, particularly as to the preference to union labour. The Operative Bootmakers' Industrial Union of Workmen desire to bring employers under the southern award, and cite 30 employers. Several conferences have proved fruitless. Some points were conceded, but there are points in the southern award to which Auckland employers will not ajjree,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2332, 10 November 1898, Page 17
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