LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13449, 22 November 1907, Page 5

LABOUR.

RAILWAY STRIKE IX INDIA. Piv«s Aissocialion-liy Telegraph-Co pyrigut CALCC'I'I-A. Nov. 20. The lOni'opian ami liativi" employees ou tha , ]-:;vmI-iirfliaii Railway haw struck. The disorganisation ixtientls uroin; AihiliaJwd lo I'lUciuta. Six thousand■ iwssvngt'is tire stranded ;ir '.Llic .strikers Hivc-at-•en violence. ■ WHARF LABOUR KRS. Per Press Association. XA PI Ivl!, November 21. At, the Arliiiration Court, to-day an ap- ■ plication by the Napier Wharf Labourers' Union iVir alioralior.K to tlie minting award was heard. . The Union asked IV.r increases in tlvf- rate of pay of from 10 to 20 per Wint. wall preference to unionists when they are available and capable of doing the work. Evidence was given that the cost, of living and hou.«e r-entt hhd increased, and several -workeis stated that, their ■earnings averaged but little '•oyer. £2 per; \r.-ek.' For the employers it' was stated that, although' in inetancfG the rate of wages was higher before- the award than, under it. yet- since the award came into force, owing to th?. increase of trade, the men had famed more money. The present- system of payment at. the port had lie,en in operation for many years, and it was contended that to meet some of the demands of the, men would he ruinous 10 employerr..