STRIKE TROUBLES
IN EELMONGERY 1,400 MEN IDLE. (Australian Press Association). SYDNEY, September 24. There are now fourteen hundred mu.! idle as the result of the fehnongery employees’ decision that the wool basic workers shall cease operations. ■On Friday 800 were on strike, and 600 were dismissed as a result. An early .settlement seems unlikely, and the trouble -may involve the bu.chers, tanners, -storemen,’ packers acid road transport unions. The -Ch'ambeir of Manfufactua-ers passed a resolution as follows; —“Ajfter clearing up work in hand, the best course will be to close the works.” II il orde,. to prevent a spread of disorganisations, slaughtering is to bo continued in the meantime. The State Government i s powerless, as the /dispute -affects the Federal Award, hut, in view of the fact thatthousands of State workers a-re affected by the extension of the trouble the Minuter of Labour is watching events closely.
IN SOUTH AFRICA
GOLD MINERS STRIKE
CAPETOWN, September 23
A Government effort to settle the gold miners’ strike has failed on the Simrpv. The timriermen and shiftmen lmvq been .ordered out. The pumpmen were allowed to work on suffr-ance, as their withdrawal would mean that three neighbouring mines would be flooded.
'The Secretary of the iMineworkers’ Association -states that ail of the unions concerned in mining are endeavouring to co-ordinate their demands, ,they feeling that the workers -are not sharing the benefits of the sold premium fo r which action the Federation has been summoned for Oc-» tober 3rd. The situation is regarded as critical.
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