INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 65, 31 October 1911, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

DISSATISFACTON OF BUSINESS

PEOPLE

MR. CARMICHAEL OFFERS TO

WORK

(Received 31, 10.20 a.m.) Sydney, October 31. Business people express great dissatisfaction with the apparent mabiL ity of the Government to cope with the situation resulting from the strike. They declare tha the Arbitration Act is a dead letter. , Mr Carmichael is disappointed' at the non-acceptance of his offer to do stevedoring; He states that he understood the parties who waited on the Government were anxious to prevent loss to the producers ixnd the country. He was apparently mistaken. , Melbourne, October 01. The Trades /Hall Council discussed a letter from Mr Morris, secretary to the Waterside Workers’ Federation, requesting support in an endeavour to persuade the men to return to work. He states that an agreement was honourably entered into and broken without provocation or notice. Hie discussion was adjourned. The Melbourne wharf labourers condemn the action of the strikers. Sydney, October 31. The Clerks’ Union has filed an application claiming £3 per week of 39 hours.

AMALGAMATION OF UNIONS

Melbourne, October 31

A conference of various labour unions throughout the Commonwealth have decided to amalgamate, and will start with a membership of 25,000. THE MOUNT LYELL TROUBLE. The Lyell strike is still on. Tho company demands that the men return unconditionally. The men decline to return until the White question has been disposed of satisfactorily.