LABOUR DISPUTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1701, 18 March 1913, Page 5

LABOUR DISPUTES.

MINERS ON STRIKE. NEW SOUTH WALES TROUBLE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Roc. March 17, 8 p.m.) Sydney, March 17. The South Coast coal miners, except at Mount Keira and Mount' Ivembla, have struck because Mr. Waugh has been appointed'an industrial inspector, instead of Mr. Russjfil, who was dismissed by the Mount Kembla proprietary. 1 When Russell was dismissed, an agitation arose,- and a Royal Commission was appointed, and found that Russell had not broken the rule which it was alleged he had broken. The colliery, however, refused to reinstate Russell, and a fresh outbreak was threatened, until Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Labour, addressed the miners, who got tho impression that Russell was certain t'o bo appointed an inspector. Mr. Carmichael says he informed the miners' deputations that the best man would be appointed. .He does not control the appointment, which rests with tho Public Service Board. ENORMOUSLY COSTLY. NEW SOUTH WALES ARBITRATION ACT. \ (Rec. March 17, 10.20 p.m.) Sydney, March 17. Mr. Justice Heydon, in the Industrial Court, stated that the cost of administering the Arbitration Act was enormous. Ho warned tho unions that the situation was really serious. If was very important to prevent strikes and settle conditions peaceably, but if the Act did not prevent strikes and the cost became too heavy, the whole system might break down, as the public might think the price too great. That would be going from the frying pan into the fire. HOUSE-PAINTERS' DEMANDS. (Ri>c. March 18, 1.0 a.m.) : ' London, March 17. Eighteen thousand house painters in London threaten to strike for an extra three-halfpence an hour and a fifty-four hour week. TAXICAB STRIKERS WIN. London, March 16. The taxicab strikers by 4751 to 75 rejected the British Motor Cab Company's offer for tho cheaper petrol mixture. The chief reason' was that those remaining 1 loyal were not to be discharged.

As a result of negotiations, the British Motor Cab Company afterwards accepted the men's terms, of eightpence per gallon for the mixture, and all strikers wore reinstated and tho loyal men discharged. COOKS' STRIKE SPREADS. London, March 16. The cooks' strike has spread to several West End hotels. 1 The Criterion has engaged a fresh staff. GARMENT WORKERS RESUME WORK. Boston, March 16. The garment workers' strike has ended, and the' men have resumed work. The inoreases in wages were granted. Ton thousand workers are affected.