LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16883, 2 August 1919, Page 7

LABOUR.

[ "WELSH STEEL WORKS. K-..'-' closing DOWN: [ Received B.co p.m., August Ist I , . LONDON/iJuly 29. _The> directors of the EBbwvalc Steel I Company-decided'-to close"th" e ' blast "furI naces. The company employs twenty thousand liands.

The ftvtes't stril:e by four hundred skilled workers rendered idle ten thousand employees. The managing director states that-fortunately th a action of these men caused "an order to be issued by the unions concerned not to .allow a handful of, men to stop -work in future. ; I'TJibtclbsing of the furnaces renders idle* three thousand for probably six months. THE,.YORKSHIRE DIFFICULTY. '"The Yorkshire mine:s' .continue to await overtures by the masters, and the latter await action -by the Coal Controller. Every day the conunnnity loses 122,000 of coal, and the miners £134,000 in wagas. The Yorkshire owners and miners confer at Leeds on-, Wednesday with a view.to a settlement. ,

A RIFT IN TELE CLOUD

Received 0 30 a.m., -August '2nd. , LONDON', July '2B' - . Mr Hanton, M.P.,. is heading .a movement among ' -Welsh", miners to inn-go {tliti Millers' "Federation ,of extremists.' Several meetings of miners passed resolutions in favouh-of seceding 'from the local trades and - labour councils, which are dominated by Socialist extremists. J ' • • -' LONDON POLICE: DISMISSED FOB. THREATENING - STRTKE. ' Received 10.10 p.m.- August Ist. ,•' ' LONDON. "July 3]. -A mass meeting of London police decided on" an immediate strike to secure Tecogntion oi the union and enforce the withdrawal of the Police Bill. The majority of the London police have not joined in the strike. The Commissioner dismissed 223 immediately. THE WORKERS' BREAD. AND BIKERS' WAGES. LONDON. July 28. The "oread subsidy is costing the Treasury 47 millions annually. The Government has now decided that it cannot be increased. If it is necessary to increase bakers' wages the price must be raised above ninepencr. per loaf. \ Hitherto the masters have refused to discuss an increase in wages of tho question of lessor hours because tho regulated prices mado it- impossible, owing to constant small strikes.

A FRENCH PORT LOCK-OUT.

PARIS, July 20. The union of employers at Havre j decided to lock out' thei dockers-, on the ground that they had broken a ! contract by demanding higher wages. I AUSTRALIAN STRIKE NEGOTITAI ' ' TIONS. . MEI BOURNE, August 1. The strictest secrecy is observed regarding the strike negotiations. It is believed that the Government refused the demand for the relsase of Walsh, and stands by its original offer of a round table conference, provided the men resume work.