LABOUR

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13647, 15 July 1908, Page 5

LABOUR

A SHOCKING OUTRAGE. Telegraph-Copy n/nt ' . STOCKHOLM, duly 13. Eighty English dockers who are replacing " strikers at Malonie, in Sweden, were accommodated on board a bulk. During their stay a bomb was exploded, killing° one docker and wounding several other dockers.

THE LITHGOW WORKS.

ENQUIRY AS TO STOPPAGE. Received 12.17 a.m., July 15th. SYDNEY, July 14. The IndwsHrial Dkpnt.es Court granted the application of ex-employees of the Lithgow. iron works for a. Wages Board to inquire into the stoppage of the works. The men are claiming that Ithey were locked out, Mr Hoskins, on behalf of the owners, has agreed to the appointment of a Board.

THE NAPIER DRIVERS.

Per Press Association. NAPIER, July 14. A conference -was held to-day of delegates from the Napier Drivers' Union and employers of Napier, Hastings and Dannevirketo discuss-the demands of the Union, but as no agreement could be come to the mafter will 'i?n hefoiv. the Arbitration Court:. '\-m: BAKERS' STRIKE. WELLINGTON, July 14. The strike committer which has taken charge of the operative bakers case meets every night, working quietly to prolong the strike, till the employers agree to better terms than those awarded by the Arbitration Court. A member informed a reporter that since the, committee issued its circular last week two small unions have had their ordinary meetings and incidentally the circular-has been considered. The result is £75 (£SO from, one union and £25 from the other). It is anticipated that within a fortnight the Wcl-linn-lon Unions will contribute £SOO and it "is expected that financial assistance from other districts will be solid. In the meantime the Master -Rakers Association seems to be in no fear of the strike committee's exertions,