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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13288, 17 May 1907, Page 5

LABOUR

COPPER MINES IDLE.

Convrio-ht— May 17th, 12.19 a.m. L ° K ° SYDNEY, May ,16. All the copper mines in the Cobar district are practically idle owing to. the strike of employees for higher wages and preference to unionists. impemaiTlegislattonv Copyright,—May 16th, 8.59 a.m l " LONDON, May 15. Sir Charles Dilke, in' presiding at a meeting in London, announced that the Government were referring the Wages Bill to a Select Committee. . Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor of Victoria, said that the Motherland might follow Victoria's example, but was unable to do much unless she restricted pauper immigration. WAGES BOARDS. Copyright—May 16th, 10.29' a.m. ■ ' MELBOURNE, May 16. During a deputation to the Chief Secretary in connection with the Wages Board, Mr Prendergast, leader of the Labour party, said he had changed his mind on isome things. He now preferred a Wages Board to'the Arbitration Court. The Boards enabled trades to get to work quickly in fixing conditions of labour. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 16. The Trades and Labour Council discussed the recommendations from the Trades and Labour Conference that the unions should support Mr J. A. McCullough, of Christchurch, as the workers' representative on the Arbitration Court, Mr Roaser said that he was still as strongly as ever in favour of Mr Slater, but in order that the Auckland Council should not be open to the accusation of kicking over the traces, he proposed that the unions be left to deal with the matter individually. Mr Rossar commented on recent awards of the Arbitration Court, and said he felt safe in saying that they were on the upward grade as regarded wages with.the new President, Mr RosserV proposal was substituted for a motion recommending Mr Slater, and it was carried unanimously.