WORK AND WAGES

Southland Times, Issue 18817, 10 May 1920, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES

MINERS STRIKE IN FRANCE. THREAT OF SPREAD. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.), (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, May S. The miners in the Pas de Calais decided . to strike. The miners in the Nord district l are inclined to do likewise. If the miners j throughout France unite in striking seri- [ ous developments are inevitable. I PEASANT RISINGS. ; " TROUBLE IN ITALIAN PROVINCES. ; BIG ESTATES BESIEGED, ROME, May 8. , (Received May 9, 11 pun.) Farm labourers striking in the Verona ’ province besieged the estate of Baron Monti ■ di Brescia with a view of preventing the feeding of live stock as the people are dying of hunger. Carabinieri were despatched to raise the siege, when an armed conflict took place on the Marcheso di Canossa’s estate at Villa Franca. Ten Carabinieri and twenty peasants were wounded. U.S. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS. INVESTIGATED BY BRITISH DRAPERS. NEW YORK, May 7. A delegation of drapers from the Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom has arrived on a six weeks' investigation tour of the United States’ trade and industrial conditions. SYDNEY BUILDING TRADE. A FUTILE STRIKE. SYDNEY, May 8. A large number of building employees declared a strike against Saturday work. The strike was a failure and it was decided to resume on the old terms. SIGNS OF BREAK AWAY. SYDNEY, May 7. There are indications of a break-away amongst the building employees in connection with no Saturday work. On several jobs men, including Unionists, worked yesterday in Sydney. A JARRING HINT. TO SHORT HOUR AGITATORS. THE FUTURE’S DANGERS. SYDNEY, May 7. Mr Storey (Prime Minister), addressing a | meeting of workers and referring to the ! enormous debt the country had to face gave j a jarring hint to forty-hour week agitators. He said, “They must not be afraid of work and where one man worked before he must ! work more now', for the position was most ’ difficult. If they were not careful during the I next year or two, they would be glad to have work to do which would occupy their time thirty hours weekly.” AFFAIRS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE RAILWAY SERVICE. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 8. The Government and the A.S.R.S. have agreed on a chairman for the conciliation tribunal. If the chairman accepts the position the sittings will commence early next week.