LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13460, 5 December 1907, Page 5

LABOUR.

—■— THE NEWCASTLE DISPUTE. Prees A&bociation-By • Telegraph-Copyright SYDNEY, December 4. Ihe special tribunal-to deal with the Newcastle coal dispute has been officially constituted, and is expected to bit on Holiday. Per. Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 4. At a meeting of,the Builders' Labourers' Union last night, the recent awaid of the Arbitration Court was- «evcrcly critlcissd. Some of the fpeakeis favoured the men going out on strike as a protest, while c tliers pleaded for a more pacific method of -expressing their discontent. The Union decided to take no action at present that would prejudice the position of the worker;'.

CHRI.STOHURCH, D«.c. 4.

D>s-a-'/ w faciion is expressed by Clnis-t----church registry office-ktepei s owing to the fact 'lhat the-"scale of remuneration allowed Ithem i? limited to that. specified for obtaining- employment in which the is £1 per week,, or over. It is contended that a, "higher j-cale should be arranged t{i cover saßvOes of £2, and over, ito deal with ca.-es where situations aie procured for skilled workmen, station-managers, and others.