LABOUR, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2769, 29 January 1895, Page 1

LABOUR, ETC.

London, Jan. 24. A labor agitator wrote to Lord Ripon that there were 50,000 unemployed willing to emigrate if they were granted free or assisted passages to the colonies. Lord Ripon replied that the project was impracticable. New York, Jan. 24. Three thousand militia have been ordered to suppress the Boston tram strike. The Brooklyn train riots have been renewed. The police and militia used their clubs and bayonets freely, Many of the mob replied with bottles and stones from the roofs of houses and elevated railways. All bars and saloons were closed. A further force of 700 men is under arms in New York. Sydney, Jan. 26. The management of the Wallsend Colliery have decided to make a slight increase in the yardage rates. At a meetiug of miners a vote waß taken in favor of accepting the proposal by a majority of one. The decision was greeted with cheers and counter cheers, and general confusion. A ballot was demanded, which will be taken. Mr Curley, geueral secretary, in reply to an interjection, said there were bigger tyrants in their own class than amongst the proprietors themselves. With regard to the present situation of the Wallsend miners, if the district gave him full latitude at the present time he would have no hesitation in telling them what to do as a man, but as a district officer he could not advise them to act against their rulers. There were 3000 financial members in the association. If they stood together they could accomplish a great deal, he believed, and the time was not far distant when Unionists and non-Unionists would have to stand shoulder to shoulder to extricate the district from its present terrrible position. Iu connection with the working of the labor bureau the Hon. Mr Garrard BH jj that he would sooner assimilate ♦' „,. a +„ m hero iu one of its detai';, to that of New Zealand as it *- juld be bottel . to have the whoi- work ceutralißcd than hare ""oaus established in thepriucipal towns. From what ho saw in New Zealand he inclines to tho opinion that there is a lower class of men here, but that fact he thinks is accounted for by the unemployed congregating iu the capital, while iu Mew Zealand they were more distributed.