LABOUR TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3573, 8 September 1920, Page 5

LABOUR TROUBLES.

.—o BRITISH COAL CRISIS. LONDON, Sept. 7. Although the coal strike is a gen- ■' eral subject of discussiou privately among trade union delegates, the subject is not mentioned in congress, because- the situation is at a delicate stage and public discussion is unlikely to do good. . SUPPORT FOR THE MINERS. Received 9.20 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 7. The National Union of Colliery Em gineers, Mechanics an<j Electrical Workers have decided to give notice of cessation of work at the same time as the miners. THE NEWCASTLE TROUBLE. « _____ » Received 12 noon. SYDNEY, This Day. The Newcastle- Trimmers agreed to work .overtime' on Inter-State vessels, but not on oversea or New Zealand ships’ A small New Zealand vessel required only two trucks to complete her cargo at four o’clock yesterday, but the men downed shovels when the whistle blew, compelling the vessel to wait overnight. It. is suggested that the embargo on overtime may be lifted entirely within a few days. CONTRACT LABOURERS NOT WANTED. MANILA, Sept. 6. Labour unions adopted resolutions against the importation of contract labourers into the Philippines, as proposed by the Agricultural Congress which is in session here. j A COMEDY OF ERRORS. i LONDON, Sept. 7. There was a comedy of errors at Bootle owing to the dockers mistaking disinfectants for muntions. They refused to load fumigating machines marked “O.H.M.S;” and labelled “Dantzig,” and jlhus the ship was held up. When Bootle proudly informed the Council of Action what it had done the Council telegraphed instructions to remove the embargo, saying fumigating machines were only to destroy vermin and prevent typhoid. IRON WORKERS LOCKED OUT. SYDNEY. Sept. 7, The management of Metiers Stoveworks has decided to close the works a? the men refuse to work 48 hours weekly, hundred employees are affected.

So far the dispute is confined: to the iron trades, but the leaders of the men refer to an upheaval similar to 1917 and hint that the strikers Avill not be orderly as they were then. It is known thaf leaders have a big union move in. view, but their intentions have not yet been divulgi ed. Men are sti'l working at the naval dockyards. Cabinet con sidered the position and decided to frame legislation to reduce the hours of labour where it is found practicable to do so.