INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 86, 10 April 1912, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

LITHGOW STRIKE OFF. 'Received 10, 9.40 a.m.) Sydney, April 10. A conference of representatives oi the unions and the Chamber of Manufacturers agreed to declare the Lithgqw strike off to-day, after lasting nine months. CHIRK MINERS SECEDE. (Received 10, 9 a.m.) London, April 9. The Chirk miners have decided tc secede from the North Wales Federation. THE ENGLISH COAL STRIKE:"" (Received 10, 10.55 a.m.) London, April 9. There have been many accidents due to the neglected condition of the mines. Three miners were killed and three injured by the fall of a roof at Collings Green colliery, Lancashire. Work has not been resumed in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, where tin. men are disposed to await a settlement of the surfacemen's demands. There has .been only partial resump tion in South Wales, owing to a similar cause. EQUITY AND JUSTICE. Wellington, April 10. At the Drivers' Federation Conference it was decided to take steps to obtain a Dominion award. A preliminary conference is to be sought with the employers with that object. It was also resolved that before disputes are filed through New Zealand, the Federation request the Government to appoint a man with industrial and commercial knowledge, with a view to having disputes settled on a basis of equity and justice and not on legal technicalities. LABOUR UNITING. Wellington, (April 10. The Labour Unity conference has concluded its deliberations. The unit\ proposals and the constitution of tin proposed united labour party were amended and drawn up for presentation- to separate conferences of the Labour Party and Trades Councils. When these two organisations have dealt with the scheme in its amended form the constitution will be sumbitted to a unity conference for final endorsement. In connection with the pledge in the past signed by Parliamentary candidates it is understood that in future there will bo no such pledge, merely the affirmation signed by all members of the party when they first join the organisation. This affirmation of principles, embodied in constitution, will guide Parliamentary representatives and their actions just as it would a private member of the party.

WOOLSHED EMPLOYEES. Wellington, April 10. At the third annual conference of the N T ow Zealand Shearers' and Woolshed Employees' Association to-day, representing about 4,500 workers, it was decided to take a ballot next shearing season as to whether the Union should cancel registration under the Arbitration Act.