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WATERSIDE WAR.

IN AUSTRALIA. CHAOS ON SYDNEY WHARVES MORE " DIRECT' ACTION." EXTREMISTS BLAMED. .By.Tcleerapb-I'rcss Afisodation-Oopyrtelit Sydney, Januaiv 19 firork ingiVird niaryi lion :d ay' : iesul ted/i h ! c I ; iSS! •-•..The a quantity j iflff'tii) to!(ioi-od :o the rj arc ,hnvb fJnik l ;!''\vii.ho ; .iit portions "of. thoir :'ca i?i vj-'S ■ W 'liß-if.lt.; l sC'ii r's torj'dS th'a t'"' tiVj s" "d i r-^t' A 'ic-* •.tioii«is'fthffi'rpxujt of tho. failure of-the', ?Mell>utin^coiifereiice; ty,'offoct£a', settled .ment. - Thu'men'.aro. demanding 1 &. an hour 'for ortlinai-ytime;. and A 3s.Vim :!liour ] .overtime,.instea.d;of ls.J'6d.-*and'2s;;3d.' I iresjicctively.. Sir Mr.y.W'.?M>i Hughes 'says he"does not believe' the men's action in declining to ■ work overtime represents' 'any. deliberate intention ;'oii ,ifiq part, of; the Sydney branch "of : tho. Federation;; presumably, ».'■ small section" of'oxtrtmiiste,.precipitated the trouble. • ■ : The ' 'Daily /Telegraph 1 ' " - understands that tho Now" South '"Wales branch of the Federation-of Labour has been offi- ■ i:iall.v approached"by tho ■?' Workers' '■Union; with' a' view,;, to'-having-tho cm-.! bargo on ("black"., 1 -wheat- extended,.by, '^unions'governed by tho Federation: If this •is agreed, to. wheat .will-'be' certain: railway, lines; : ,-.\:'<S. TROUBLE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIV Adelaide, January 19. '' .gillie' 7 waterside workers at Wallaroo v-ceased--.work-on Saturday owing to tho Trefnsakof- tho employers to grant tho. .faille rato for handling, salt as ! . for, wheat per'day. • s "V .fftTho Clan'MlMillansailed-witli. 80 tons' ?of< wheat, and salt.:?; \ , MR HUGHES TO MEET THE MF.X i- ';'• (Hoc.' January 0.15 a.m.) -. ■£%&* ■ Sydney, January 1!). if Contrary';' to niitieipations tho* wharf men. refused to work after fivo o'clock until the' question ■'.-of . overtime ■■ was .settled.,-vt-..:'a''\ ; o:.. v-V'; > ■»-,- At a meeting.'to bo jidd on Wednes.(lay,,Mr.;Hughes is^'-expected to attend. - "Tiio iMaheno, Mokota, and Moeralti ! should bo. worked on-Tuesday and Wcd!;'nesday night.....Theywill..probably,- bo I delayed. : , ■ ; ' - j-" •

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

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279

WATERSIDE WAR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

WATERSIDE WAR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

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