DOMINION LABOUR UNREST.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 1 October 1920, Page 3

DOMINION LABOUR UNREST.

’ DEADLOCK AT WELLINGTON. i Wellington, September 30. Tlic' waterfront deadlock has apparently taken a serious turn. The union claims that the dispute directly concerning tho Calm has dropped to the background, and a much bigger issue—namely, the right of llie employers to discriminate among ships m the employment of labour, and their right to compel the men to work-in a particular ship.—has taken its place. The number of unemployed watersiders is increasing every hour aud also tlic number of idle ships. At noon j to-day it was estimated that. (500 I watersiders were out of employment, and 18 vessels were idle. , i The present position is entirely unsatisfactory. The union is seemingly 'determined that the important issue • i now raised shall be settled once and , for all. Unless a speedy settlement is reached it is feared that there will be I a complete stoppage of work ou the wharf. 1 i

I PRIME MINISTER’S DECISION. THREE DAYS TO RESUME WORK. Greymouth, September 29. I The secretary of the State Miners ’ Union, Mr Duggan, has received a telegram from the Prime. Minister to 1 the effect that if the miners do not. resume, work within three days, and if work when resumed is not carried oa with "reasonable expedition," alt (operations will cease until further 1 notice, and the mines in the meantime will remain closed. The Miners’ Union to-day considered Mr Massey’s ultimatum and decided to take no action. The State miner.-, were working to i day as usual. It is announced that the j dispute over the Broken Hill levy has [been settled satisfactorily to the ) union. The union complain that in today’s miners’ train 17 men had to stand upon platforms which they were prevented from doing on Tuesday owing to the wet weather. Had these men to-day demanded seats the first-class | accommodation, w-hich to-day was ! locked, would have had to be thrown j open to them. Auckland, September 30. j The Pukemiro mine is still idle, and (die country thus loses an average -yield of coal of about. 500 tons daily. ‘ Woffington, September 30. j Wellington’s coal stocks are runI ning very low-. The supply on hand is (barely suificeint for a’ week.