LABOUR TROUBLES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10739, 2 September 1913, Page 5

LABOUR TROUBLES.

THE RAND. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Johannesburg, September 1. A mass meeting declared that victimisation was rampant. A number of violent speeches were made. One speaker stated that a general strike was necessary before the men were starved out. TRANSPORTERS’ CONGRESS. London, September 1. The International Transporters’ Congress discussed compulsory arbitration, and frequently quoted Australia Mr Havelock Wilson said that Australian unions fared well without exception where they had smart men to put the case properly. Mr Ben Tillett was opposed to compulsion on principle, but favoured provisional adoption in order to educate the workers to fight capitalism. Decision was postponed. THE RAND MINES. Johannesburg, September 1. The miueowners explain that the lack of native labour owing to the riots has necessitated fche dismissal of many whites.