MR SEDDON AND SOUTH AFRICA. LONDON, August 20. ' TRADES AND LABOUR. THE SHEARING TROUBLE

Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 15

MR SEDDON AND SOUTH AFRICA. LONDON, August 20. '

TRADES AND LABOUR.

THE SHEARING TROUBLE

Mr Seddou, interviewed, was enigmatical regarding Mr Stead's statement, and remarked that -time would prove, adding : " Nobody is justified or authorised to say I renounce New Zealand to reside in Capetown."

SYDNEY, August 20. The Arbitration Court has decided by a majority m favour of the southern colliery miners. There will be an appeal upoii the is>ije that the last men eng.i_ed in the mine should luive been the first ch-cluiged.

A i- just 22,

A preliminary meeting of employers has b( en hold with a view to forma: 2 a

icder.ttioii to fight against democratic le_;i-' itiou on i-imilar lines to that of New Zealand.

Tlie s,trw;rwle between the pa < -torali^-ts and shearers will be accentuated by the ram, as this allows more shecLs to start. Both sides are working hard. A number of stations are at a standstill owing to the refusal of. the men to work under the pastoralists' terms. Others have accepted them. The president of the Workers' Union expresses his willingness to compromise if the pastoralists are ready.

August 25

vSome disturbance occurred in the shearing districts between the union and non-uuiou shearers. A number of the latter were assaulted and taken prisoners by the unionists. More police are being despatched to the disturbed districts. ADELAIDE, August 22.

Negotiations are proceeding for a settlement of the shearing dispute, and there are hopes that they will prove successful.