OTHER AUSTRALIAN DISPUTES.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13316, 17 January 1912, Page 3

OTHER AUSTRALIAN DISPUTES.

Sydney, Jan 16. The rabbit trappers' strike is still unsettled. Hairdressers employed in shops where Wages Board hours are not observed, have struck, and about- 00 hands are out. Melbourne, Jan 16. A shearer at Warrnambool was awarded £o damages because he had been paid olf for refusing to shear wet sheep. The case was a test one. Brisbane, Jan IG. The coal trimmers aro dissatisfied with the new award, and 150 have struck, two steamers being held up. Tlie men want Is 9d instead of Is Cd an hour fixed by the award. The employers have declined to confer on the matter. (Received Jan 16, 9.20 p.m.) Brisbane, Jan 16. The coal lumpers have resumed work on the employers' stating their willingness to hold a conference. Perth, Jan Hi. Tho telegraphists aro registering us an industrial organisation, and aro arranging for citation before the Arbitration Court. AUelaida, Jan 16 There is a strike of 160 employees ol' aerated water factories over the dismissal of a member of the union.