AUSTRALIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9919, 6 August 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. 1 (Received August 6, 9.30 a.m.) AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS FOR

INDIA. MELBOURNE, August 6. Five selected officers of the Citizen Forces are ! to be sent to India to be attached to the Indian army.

WORK AND WAGES.

THE GOVAN STRIKERS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 6, 9 a.m) LONDON, August 5.

After a conference lasting two hours, the strikers at Govan arranged to continue work, and the lock-out notices have been cancelled. Tlie drillers, however, refuse to resume work until they are paid arrears of wages. #

BOOT TRADE AWARD. MELBOURNE. August 6

Judgment has been delivered by the Federal Arbitration Court on the application for an amendment of the boot trade award. The president said he proposed to omit reference to scales of wage for apprentices, for which he was sorry, but he was coerced by an order of the High Court. Provision for a Board of Reference was beyond the powers of the Court 3 and was regretfully struck out. The Court was compelled to reduce the number of apprentices who might be employed to one to three journeymen, owing to, the sweeping away of the safeguards provided by the age basis. After the judgment had been delivered the employers and employees met in conference, and agreed to certain variations of the award, the chief variation being the waiving of the payment of the increase as from last April and substituting the present date.

THE PAPAROA MINE. [Per Press Association.] GREYMOUTH, August 6

The Paparoa miners will resume work on Monday, the management having conceded the demand for compensation, pending an inquiry into the allegations of negligence.

[Per Press Association.] PALMERSTON NORTH., August 6

The Farmers' Union Defence Committee and the Hawke's Bay Sheepowners' Association have appointed Messrs Ewan Campbell (Wanganui), W. E. Griffin (Napier) and H. A. Nevins (Mastertoji) as assessors in the dispute with the Shearers' Union and the shed hands, which will come before the Conciliation Commissioner at Palmerston North on August 16.