DUBLIN PARALYSED.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4656, 9 October 1913, Page 5

DUBLIN PARALYSED.

NO SIGN OF SETTLEMENT. PUBLIC WANT A TRUCE. HEAVY LOSSES DAILY. Electric Telegrapu—Press Association Copyright (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) London, This Day. The dispute in Dublin concerns only 30,000 directly, but trade is paralysed, the loss amounting to £12,000 daily. Dublin. Last Night. The employers will finally consider Sir Geo. Ask with’s scheme at the end of the week. A meeting of citizens of the Mansion House (Dublin) demanded a truce, otherwise the trade of the city would be ruined. WHAT THE AIINERS WANT. (Received this day at 9.10 a.m.) London, This Day. At the Miners’ Federation Conference, representing 600,000 men, a resolution was carried asking for an amendment to the Minimum Wage Act to obviate the tendency of the Act to reduce wages from standard to minimum rates. The Federation decided to make a levy of one shilling per year on each member for three years for the Daily Citizen, the London paper, thus raising £90,000. A BATTLE IN COLORADO. New York, Last Night. When the superintendent of a mine at Ludlow (Colorado) where a strike was in progress, was leaving the premises, strikers fusiladed his automobile. The superintendent escaped, but returned with an armed escort. The miners fired at the escort and a battle followed. One miner was killed, and several were injured. The State militia suppressed the disorders. CLAIMS OF THE CLERKS.

Perth, Last Night. The Arbitration Court is considering the claim of the Clerks’ Union for a minimum wage of £4 a week for males and females over 21. Evidence was given by seven unmarried clerks that they were receiving £2 10s .each. They spent 16s a week on clothing. Twentytwo married men averaged £4 10s, and spent the same. Mr Justice Burnside said he had not spent 15s a week in clothing. It was absurd for youths to say that they spent £4O to £SO a year on cloths. Clerks did not need four suits a year, costing five guineas each, for everyday work. It was no good spoon-feeding them with packets of cigarettes, and three nights weekly at the music halls. He said bank clerks ought to get £4 per week, but often they did not. EIGHT HOUR DAY.

Adelaide, Last Night. Eight Hour Day was celebrated in fine weather. Great crowds viewed the procession. Owing to the 20 hours' sitting of the Assembly, where the Labour members were stonewalling the Constitution Bill, many were too tired to attend the demonstration.