LABOR TROUBLES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12707, 9 March 1912, Page 3

LABOR TROUBLES.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) (Received March 9, 9.30 a.m.) ■ SYDNEY, March 9. The president of the Newcastle Conciliation Committee called a special meeting for to-day. The delegate board of the miners' federation met and discussed the situation. It is considered a satisfactory feature that they did not decide on any drastic action at least, for the concensus of opinion amongst members of the delegate board favors a ballot before anything in the nature of a general strike is decided upon. A special meeting of the Aberdare lodge decided : "Seeing that there is a great upheaval in Britain, clearly pointing tb the exists ence of a class "struggle/iwe believe that if the miners 6f Britain are beaten it will have a tendency to lower the standard of living in Australia. Therefore it is resolved that the delegate board discuss resolutions that there: be no coal produced by any member of the federation .for a port outside Australia, and^to ask miners in other districts to take similar action, also lumpers and trimmers. That we demand the abolition of the afternoon shift before March 14, demand a minimum wage of • Us. per day, and pledge ourselves to assist our fellow workers in Britain." The proprietors are determined not to change their attitude regarding the afternoon shift. AUCKLAND, this day. The Auckland brewers, wine and spirit merchants, and aerated water employees union has resolved to strongly protest against the attitude of the. representatives of , the Auckland City Council and outside local bodies towards the Federation of Labor in their refusal to meet the officials of the federation, and further against the alliance between representatives of the citizens of Auckland and organised capital as against organised labor, and against public funds being used in the interest of one class of the community as against the other class.