Maritime Strike Imminent

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VI, Issue 1849, 26 January 1907, Page 2

Maritime Strike Imminent

. —*— Serious Trouble in Sydney

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(Reoeived January 26,'12.50 a,m.) Sidket, (his day. Trouble is browing with the waterside workers, and a small' Bteike has oconrred on the part of the lumpers working on the Adelaide and Howard-Smith's steamers. The men object to handle copper ore and bullion at the snmo rates as lor general cargo, and demand lo be paid the rates given for loading snob artistes on deep-soa vessels. The position is dolioato, and a spark may start a- groat maritime strike. Non-onion labour to handle the ore on ooaital sieatrtora is freol.y nscd. The Unionists, in addition to the request (or deep-sea rotes, make a retun to work conditional on the non-unionists emplovod I Binoo Saturday last being dispensed with.