INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 78, 14 November 1911, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

NEW YORK SCAVENGERS, PUBLIC HEALTH ENDANGERED. (Received 14, 11.40 a.m.) New York, November 13. Sixty thousand cartloads of refuse in New York remain unmoved in consequence of the strike. Public health is endangered. BAKERS’ CASE TO BE REHEARD. (Received 14, 10.40 a.m.) Sydney, November 14. The chairman of the bakers’ wages board is arranging to' re-hear matters in dispute. THE LITHGOW FINES. . Sydney, November 14. An application for the remission of the Lithgow fine was again postponed pending the action of the Governor. MEN WILL NOT WORK LITHGOW IRON. DO THEY PREFER CHINESE? Sydney, November 14. Hoskins’ pipe-makers arc still on strike, refusing to handle Lithgow pig iron, because it was made by nonunionists. Hoskins states that he does not- intend to purchase imported iron. There is plenty of the local article available, but apparently the men prefer Chinese. DISSATISFIED NURSES. (Received 14, 9.15 a.m.) Adelaide, November 14. The hospital nurses again demand an inquiry into the conduct of Sister Duiistan, against whom twenty-nine charges ate made. They received a telegram from the Sydney Nurses .and Asylum . Employees’ Union offering support morally and financially.

WOOL-SCOURERS RESUME. Sydney, November 14. A ballot of the wool-scourers decided by a majority of four to one to return to on the terms already granted by two firms. It is not known if other firms are willing to recede from their original attitude. They will probably decide to-day. DUNEDIN FOLLOWS AUCKLAND. Dunedin, November 14. The Dunedin Seamen’s Union voted 420 in favouWof>■ ica'h&llation" iof ’ registration, only five voting for retention.