WORK AND WAGES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1347, 26 January 1912, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

DEEP SEA MEN. THREATEN MORE TROUBLE. ANOTHER INCREASE WANTED. By Tolcet'Voli—Press isso/>iatl«n—Oopyricht (Rec. January 25, 8.55 p.m.) • Sydney, January 25. Work on the inter-Stale wharves is in full t,\ving. Trouble had arisen with Iho constal wharves men, who have demanded tho rales conceded the inter-Stale men, which tho omployers havo temporarily conceded pending a conference on Thursday. The deep-sea men threaten double. They at present receive half a crown an hour for working in "smoke-hos" aud en holidays, and are asking inter-State owners lo increase the rate to three shillings an hour. STRIKE FIZZLES OUT.; Paris, January 24, The strike of ballet girl:- has fizzled out. The girls demanded an increase of salary. WHARF WORKERS' WIN. Sydney, January 25. The actual terms of the agreement have not been divulged. It is understood that it moans that all tho Into friction on tho inler-Stato wharves will cease, and work will pro. ceod with the old swing. The agreement has still to bo formally signed, aud the currency of tho agreement fixed. The men have obtained Is. Gd.' per hour for day work, 2s. U. per hour overtime (practically the deop-soa rates), and an eight-hour day. Another point which it is understood tho men have gained is tho total abolition of the employment of permanent hands in. discharging cargo from the ship's hold. The hours havo also boon regulated. BRISBANE TRAM STRIKE. Brisbane, January 25. Strike matters arc tjuiet. The Tramway Company is engaging outside hands, who are being carefully trained before thoy start. The manager states he is securing ae many men as ho requires.' The normal service will be resumed .as soon as they qualify themselves. Four men have been fined for'disorderly conduct during tho early stages of the trouble. _ Steps are being taken to test tho legal- ' ity of the company's action in penalising employees belonging to a registered association. The Victorian tramway employees hav« voted .£SOO to the strike fund. LITHGOW STRIKERS' REPLY. • Sydney,-January 25. The Lithgow Strikers' Defence Committee, in replying to the mediator's comments, states that it is not actuated by a desire for vengeance in asking for tho dismissals, but merely 'maintaining tho principles of unionism. :WEST AUSTRALIAN TROUBLES. (Roc. January 20, 0.50 a.m.) Perth, January 25. The railway engineers' strike is'unsettled. The navvies on tho railway re-grading works have also.struck, demanding: ten shillings a day.