TELEGRAMS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 71, 1 March 1890, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

—» [iKuM UTMT OOLoXIAI. PAFBSS.] LABOUR TROUBLES. London. February 6. Manx asserts that the dnekowners' manifesto is a iatlure. The dockers will oppose it with all their strength. The workmen in the metropolis will endeavour to revert totheeightbocrs system, unless it is specially agreed to re-engage strikers whenever vacancies oeeur. New London Docks scheme has btt'i abandoned. Monastery w:. irf at Wapping has locked out the v liarf labourers. The dockers have asked Hayes to give them piecework at a price virtually covering meal times. If he refuses, the dockers will try and arrange the old terms, in order to gain time, during which the union* will be .strengthened, with a view of renewing the struggle in the summer. Bkbmn, February 6. The Emperor propose to consider legislation for the regulation of factories and to legalise the combination of workmen. He declares his (irm resolve to ameliorate the condition of the working classes, ami try and modify the ovil effects of international competition. Tltu Emperor is anxious to promote peaeeful relations between employer and employed, ami regrets that Germany does not jio*scss England'* cotiutlvHs millions to promote and develop colonisation London, February 7. Shippers, fearing a strike, are withholding goods from the control of the dock companies.