LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 5

LABOUR.

ANOTHER RAILWAY STRIKE. j RAILWAY CARTERS OUT. j Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. | LONDON, Jan. 25. ! Three-fourths of the carters employed ■ by tho Great Northern Railway Com-; puny in London have struck, owing to ': the dismissal of a comrade for refusing i I to do porter's work. ; ! BRISBANE TRAMWAYS. | I BECOMING MORE SERIOUS. I BRISBANE, Jan. 26. | The tram, strike is assuroine a more serious phase, and threatens to spread, j A quantity of explosives has been i found on the line at Bulimba, and al large stono was iannnod in the points I at another place. The Commissioner j of Police has received threatening let-' ters from sympathisers with tho ] strikers. Tho wharf labourers ceased '■ work temporarily, paraded the streets, ! and carried a resolution that the ' waterside workers are prepared to, assist in a general strike, if necessary. '.. to force tho Tramway Company to i recognise the men's demands. • A deputation from the Parliajuen-j tary Labour party waited on the Home j Secretary and Minister of ' Railways • and asked then to enforce the section j of the Tramways Act providing for an j efficient service. Ministers stated , that officially they were unaware of '. the trouble, but promised to»consider \ if such action were possible. I Many unions have appointed dele- ' gates to a conference on Sunday to i discuss the tram strike, with power to : vote for a general strike if considered ' PREFERENCE TO NON-UNIONISTS, j HOBART, Jan. 26. j At the intor-State Liberal Women's, Conference, papers were read and reso-1 lutions carried dealing with social and , political labour conditions as affecting i women. One delegate advocated pay° j ing higher wages to non-Unionists, and so break nn the Unions. | SEAMEN'S UNION. I A NEW AGREEMENT. ] Per Press Association. ; WELLINGTON. Jan '.:>: The agreement, arrived at ..n Wtd- : nesdny between the Federated Sea- • men's Union, and the Sluiwwu?rs ptov:d.s. amongst otlier tilings,' tii.it ; overtime for boat'ng cargo hi r.'ad- ; steads shall be Is 9d an hour, -\orking I cargoes Is 6d, chipping and sealing ip- ' side boiler Is 6d. It shall ie optional ! Jor any member of a crew to "uric I overtime between 5 p.m. and 7 :i m. at ! the following ports, provided cr.e-foni-th of the crew.remains on board— ! Sydney. Melbourne. Adelaide. Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelion, Duinom or his home port—each nan i.i.cn joining a ship to declare his home port. When a vessel leaves r.oy cf tho main ports on a Sunday or a h.oliday, each member of the e--ew shall be paid an extra day's sea pay. For oxcursioning on holidays each of the crew shall be paid Is per hour lor the time the ship is so employed, n"mimum payment 4s on short, trips, rod where only two firemen, greasers or trimmers are carried tho watch will le > ,; . x hours on and six off. TJm crew of all vessels to lie entitled to tho folW'ug hobd >ys in wort: New Year's Pay, Good Fr : dny, Sovreign's Birthdav. Labonr Day] Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Til" agreement conies into force on Mrr'-h Ist ;iwl sbill remain in force nnt ; l Feb. 2Sth, 1914, and trer-e-uter shall continue in for-e nnt.il a new agreement is entered into. Tlie agreement docs not affect the s.s. Aparima. Tlie protected builders' labourers' strike at Adelaide has ended, the employers conceding the demand for ten sbilb'mrs n day. Th vnudevilleo artists of Sydney have formed a Union Tbo r*u'lwny workOioi-v engiree*s' st-iko at Perth '>■■ nnsett'ed. The -navvies on the railway re.grading works have struck, demanding 10s per day.