INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 62, 8 March 1912, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

ALLEG Ei) VICTIMISATION. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 8, 10.35 a.m.) Brisbane, March 8. The wharf labourers declined to work the Burrumheet, Terrier and Wodonga on which free labour had been employed. The company regard the unionists’ attitude as vistiniisati'on, despite the understanding that there will bo none -on either side. , BAi)G E-WEAR!X'G AWARD. (Received 8, 10.35 a.m.) y Melbourne, March 8. The,High Court has granted an order preventing the' enforcement of the badge award. The order is„ .returnable at next sitting. AN IRKSOME SHIFT. (Received 8, 10.35 a.m.) Sydney, March 8. A disruption occurred between the proprietors and the men on the Newcastle conciliation committee. The proprietors flatly stated that they would not allow the question of the abolition of the afternoon shift to come /before the committee for .settlement. The miners at Newcastle and Maitland have been for months agitating lor the. abolition, contending that the slpit is, irksome and robs them of the most advantageous period of, the evening. The proprietors contend that the abolition would make impossible the working.of the pits efficiently.-The proprietors’ announcement caused consternation amongst the men’s representatives . The committee adjourned sine die. An atmosphere of unrest prevails and a general strike is regarded -as not unlikely.

FEEDING SCHdOL CHILDREN. ( Received 8, 10.15 a.m.) London, March 7. The North-Western Railway Company • denies the report that it is reducing the number of trains. The entire Ministerial press .indulge in censure. The “Minors’ Chronicle” says the terms of the schedule do not admit of a reasoned defence. The “Pall Mail Gazette” demands the introduction of Australian methods of compulsory, arbitration and the cutting off of strike funds. To-day’s nows shows that the miners are feeling pressure from -otjirir. unions whoso fluids are being depleted. Electricians, clerks, and a angers arc working the ventilation. valid drainagei <pf a big Glaniprgjif},coljiery; The loss, including milling’, wage;;, in South Wales, .amounts to four hundred thousand pounds weekly. The Trades and Labour Council is urging the Cardiff _ ■City , Council r tp provide 'ftori' "meals. "The feeding of school children is hoiiig arranged at Mountain Ash. COAL SPEC ULATIVeFy 1 'HELD. 1 ; (Received 8, .12.20 p'.rii.) " ' -> • : London, ‘March '7. Tlio _Yorkshi.ro' and Derbyshire own.ors have practically agreed to the eight hours day for surfacemen and hotter pay- ' •

Speculators at Cardiff hold a hundred thousand tons,pH coal promised at a pound a ton. Tlio offer, showing GO per cent profit, was refused, the holders asking, a hundred per cent.