WORK AND WAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11, 13 September 1913, Page 6

WORK AND WAGES.

MELBOURNE COAL STRIKE

|Bt Electric Telegbaph— Coi-yntcm [United Pbess association. 1 Melbourne,. .September 11. After a long,,strike the-coal yards’ employees have resumed pending reference of the trouble to the Wages Board. " '

WIRELESS OPERATORS STRIKE. Paris, September 11.

The wireless operators on Italian steamers have struck. They sent messages to Paris, Liverpool and Now York asking their colleagues to support the strike. •

STRIKE ON A STEAMER

London, September 12

The Cunard steamer Anconia was delayed for several hours. The crew complained of the food and struck, demanding the appointment of a new chief steward. Five hundred passengers were without ttfeale, Owing to the stewards joining the strike. The company ultimately yielded.

A GRAVE SITUATION'. London, September 12. The Manchester Ship Canal Company will ndt &rant increased pay to timber-workers nr others, and the outlook is grave. ' ' '<

THE WHARF LABORERS’ STRIKE

Sydney, September 12.

The latest development of the wharf strike is that Huddart, Parker Company have commenced unloading the Bnrumbeet with clerks and other permanent hands. There was no interference with the work

TAKE OR BREAK THE LAW. Sydney, September 12

At the Wages Board inquiry into the wharf laborers’ claims, Mr Hillyer, president of the -Wharf Laborers’ Fnion, in reply to a question, declared that a man should obey the Jaws of the land if it suited him. If it didn’t he should break them'. A member of the union refusing to take the oath stated that he did not believe in a Supreme Being. Many of his mates had similar views.

THE ROYAL SERVANTS

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, September 12.

There is a dearth of servants at Buckingham Palatio owing to the men in livery being required to be six feet high and only Britishers being engaged. The wages are the same as paid in other households, but the servants are granted pensions after the service of a minimum' period of ten years.