LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14156, 16 March 1910, Page 5

LABOUR.

OLD .AND NEW WORLD WORKERS SOME SHARP CONTRASTS. Pi>4ss Association—By Teleiraph-Copyriffhl NEW YORK, March 14. Tho "New York Herald's" London! correspondent interviewed Mr Henry Studnisza, the American Government's special agent, who is investigating British labour. The American worker is represented as being a hundred per cent, better off than the English worker. The condition of English workers' homes and children is pitiable. They must dress in rags and economise to the veriest limit to enable the wage-earper to keep fit for his toil. The unemployed were offered Labour Exchanges, but the matter ended there, as work was not to be had. KIEL WORKMEN'S DEMAND. BERLIN, March 14. A mass meeting of workmeja in the Iviel dockyards demanded the introduction of short time in preference to dismissal of a large number as announced by the authorities. COLLIERIES AT WORK. Received 12.50 a.m.. March 16th. SYDNEY, March 15. All the northern collieries with the exception of the H-jtton are at work. That colliery will resume to-morrow. A fleet of vessels awaiting coal is now being moved under the cranes. MELBOURNE, March 15. The Railway Commissioners by using the Powlet-s River coal will save £30,000 per annum, while £35,000 in ooal freights will be earned this year, and it is estimated to earn £75,000 by this means nest year. FIVE MINES STILL IDLE. STRIKE PAY. SYDNEY, March 15. Five Newcastle mines are still idle pending a settlement of minor troubles. The Seamen's Union during the coal and coastal strikes paid £11,500 to members out of work, in addition to £66 paid to other unions.