LABOUR MATTERS

Southland Times, Issue 17547, 10 January 1914, Page 6

LABOUR MATTERS

AUSTRALIAN' BUILDING AWARD. F.y Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. SYD.N'hV. .January 9. The Builriers - Labourers’ Federation award, operating from to-day in all States excepting Western Australia, fixes the minimum wage at Is 4ld per hour and reduces the hours to fortyfour weekly. The increase in wages under the award is thirty-seven and a half per cent. The master builders describe the award as a bomb, and intend to appeal to the High Court. CHAIRMAKERS’ STRUCK. FIERCE CONFLICTS WITH POLICE. LONDON, January 9. Received 9th, 11.5 p.m. Two thousand chairmakers at High Wycombe are on strike. They attacked a factory and smashed the windows. A furious hand to hand fight with the police followed. Bottles, stones and other weapons were used. Several police were injured. The non-strikers working in the factory were rescued with difficulty.

TACOMA STRIKE. FIGHTING RENEWED. NEW YORK. January S. The Austrian strikers entrenched themselves around the Tacoma smelter, and fought another battel with the sheriff’s men before the militia arrived. One striker was wounded. UNEMPLOYED IN AMERICA. NEW YORK. January S. Numerous unemployed in Pacific Coast cities, extending northward and including Canada, are demanding relief works. Over six thousand in San Francisco alone are out of employment. Conditions general!'- throughout the Xfnite.d States and Canada are the worst for many years.