WORK AND WAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 55, 6 March 1913, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

THE RAILWAY TROUBLE. INTERVIEW WITH RICHARDSON. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, March 5. Interviewed by the Manchester Guardian, Richardson stated that the control officer had not informed him that he had instructions from the head office to vary the loading. When he said he would refuse to obey the general manager he spoke hastily. He meant that he required to be freed from personal responsibility. Mr Murray Smith, the Midland Railway Co.’s chairman, writing after lie read the interview, said that the company had no animus. If Richardson undertook to obey future orders, he could be reinstated. The newspapers are hopeful that a crisis will be averted. TRANSPORT WORKERS’ STRIKE. Perth, March 5. The transport workers have struck. There were disorderly scenes. Lorries were stuck up and non-union drivers forced to flee. They are now working under police protection. TWO SETTLEMENTS RECORDED. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Sydney, March 6. The wheat handlers’ strike has been settled and the men will resume today. The threatened ferry employees’ trouble has been averted, in both cases the men accepting the Hon. Mr Carmichael’s undertaking that the Wages Board will deal with the claims at the earliest opportunity, (Received 11.55 a.m.) London, March 5.

The Amalgamated Railwaymen’s Executive has notified the Midland Railway Company that they will insist on Richardson’s re-instatement, with the understanding that any alteration in the instructions must he given to the employees in writing.