LABOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5920, 8 October 1910, Page 1

LABOUR.

THE COTTON TRADE. LONDON, Oct. 4 Several cotton mills, neiie/'tig that a settlement had been reacied en Sun day. opened on Monday, but closed again an hour later. The error led to the Doxology and Te Denm being sung in some of tho churches and chapels. Several mill-owners have offered to employ Howe. The operatives are not desirous of an immediate end to the trouble, as lock-out pay will be withheld if the [strike is finished before Thursday. The Amalgamated Society of Railwaymen's Congress at Barry demanded the eight, hours system. SYDNEY, Oct. 5. T< resh trouble has arisen in the slaughtering trade dispute. The men demand tho dismissal of the nonUnioriists before re-starting work", but tho employers refuse.