WORK AND WAGES.
♦ Collapse of Railway Strike. \st electric teleqrapu.-cop¥rlgut.\ [Spscial to Press Association.] fßeoeived Feb. 3, at 10.15 a,m,] LONDON, Feb. 2. Pig iron is falling, owing to the collapse of the railway strike. It is expected that the terms of settlement will be disputed by the Scotch furnace-men. There is a growing discontent with the system of dock charges which comes into operation to-day. [.Received Feb. 3, at 11 a.m.J BRISBANE, Fee. 3. Queensland Shearers. A proclamation issued by the Shearers' Union in the Central district states that it has been nnanimoualy resolved that any member of the Paatoralists' Union not accepting the shearers' agreement before the end of March will have to pay an additional sixpence per hundred for shearing, the wagea probable under the Labourers' Union being increased pro ratd,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7079, 3 February 1891, Page 3
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134WORK AND WAGES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7079, 3 February 1891, Page 3
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