WORK AND WAGES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10233, 16 August 1911, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

THE SUGAR GROWERS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. (Received August 10, 10 a.m.) MELBOI RNE. August IIS

The Council of tho Victorian Employers' Federation has adopted a protest against the Federal Attorney-General acting as president of the Waterside Workers Federation, which directs that its members should refuse -to handle non-union sugar, as such action tended to cause a General strike in contempt of the Arbitration Act, which he, as Attorney-General, should have endeavoured to uphold.

WELLLNGTON WAREHOUSE WORKERS. [P-Eii. Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 16. Some consternation has been caused amongst the heads of warehouses by the demands received from workers in warehouses and stores. These demands deal with a substantial increase in wages and shorter hours, and ard sent by the Wellington Amalgamated Society of Merchants' Assistants. The Warehousemen's Association met subsequently, and it is understood that it will act in conjunction with other businesses affected. It was decided to leave the matter for the present in the hands of the Wellington Employers' Association to arrange a conference.

THE CAMBRIAN STRIKE. The cable message published to-day to the effect that the Cambrian combine miners, after being on strike for ten months, have decided to return to work, shows that this long-standing dispute has been satisfactorily settled. Terms of settlement were arranged between the Miners' Federation,^representing tho orkers, and the owners as long ago as May 15. The Sooth Wales miners repudiated the agreement, however, and decided to remain out.'F.arlv in June the Miners' Federation'held a special conference to consider the position. The English and Scottish delegates took the view that the Welsh miners were acting in a manner that was quite unconstitutional and likely to prejudice the general interest-, of the Federation, seeing that the differences at the Cambrian collieries had been honourably adjusted. By 405,000 votes to ]3/.(KK) the Federation decided to retain no responsibility for the strike the minority being entirely Welsh. Tho decision meant the withdrawal of the strike grant of £3OOO n week. The strike had already cost the Federation about £50,000.