LABOUR TROUBLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 257, 24 July 1920, Page 7

LABOUR TROUBLES

MELBOURNE GAS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROBABLE TO-DAY ' 1 By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. July 23, 10 p.m.) Melbourne, July 23. After a further conference with the gag companies an,d the strikers, Mr. Lawson (State Premier) states Hint a settlement is probable to-inorrov.—l'rcs? Assn. THE CIVIL "SERVICE STRIKE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST OFtfElt REJECTED. ; Perth, July 23. Tho strikers will reject the Government's terms unless assurances are given that there will be no victimisation, and that other conditions will be complied v.'ith.—Press Aesn. (Rec. July 23, 10 p.m.; Perth, July 23. A mass meeting of the Civil Service strikers rejected the Government's latest offer'. The strike continues.—.Press Assn. THE SHEARING TROUBLE. Sydney, July 23. Mr._ Allen, secretary of tlie Graziers' Association, Ims annafneed the receipt of more applications from shearers nnd bhed-Haiuls than lio could find work for. —Press Assn. SUGAR-GROWERS' DISPUTE. Melbourne, July 23. Mr. Blakely, president of the Australian Workers'. Union, stated that owing to tho Northern New South Wales sugar-growers refusing to meet the union in conference .to adjust working condition?, an agreement had not been signed, and work would, therefore, be held up. Mr. Hughes has promised to intervene.— Press iVssh.