WORK AND WAGES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9113, 19 December 1907, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

• ■ _. . -f- — — -,-■- v A WHARF LABOURERS' STRIKE}. United Press Association— By Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright. , (Received December 19/10.2Q a.m.) MELBOURNE, December 19. ' The wharf labourers handling cargo boats between Melbourne and Geelong ; have stonick for higher wag^. \ TROUBLE AT DENNISTON. [Peb Press Association.] WESTPORT, December 19. Matters are at a very acute stag© tat Denniston in connection Vfitlh. the question of the hours of labour in the West-port Coal Company's collieries. Negotiations "between the. management and the Union, have been proceeding since the sitting of the Arbitration Court, but no amicable arrangement has been come to. Mr Dixon, the company's district nmnager, informs the Press Association agent that he is going beyond the award of the Court as to the. payment of nominal overtime. He has offered to arrange a definite sectional travelling time, but the I Union has Refused -these terms. Mr Foster, president pf the Union, says that the men rely upon theh* legal right tp work "bank to bank," A deadlock has now been reached. Mr Dixon states that unless some compromise is arrived at (similar to that arranged at Grranity) within the next few days he will be compelled to advise the directors to cease operations pending some satisfactory settlement Sir- .Joachim, general manager of the cqmp^ny, has arrived from Dunedin. It is understood that correspondence on the dispute ii proceeding between^ the Minister of Labour and the committee of the Union. The men are dissatisfied, with the decision; of the Arbitration Court pn the "bank to bank" ques- | tion. — — — P?er Pbess AssoraATiow.] DUNEDIN, December 19. There is considerable unrest among opal-miners throughout the dominion, and- some interesting developments may bs looked for shortly. ■ y ; *i ...g *