WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 150, 16 June 1908, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

STRIKES BEFORE AKMTfIATIOX. Sydney, June 15. In accordance with the advice of the Sydney Trades and Labor Council to rc «Drt to strikes for the settlement of industrial disputes, the Miners' Federation at Newcastle declined to register under the Industrial Disputes Act.

TIIK UTIIGOW IRONWORKS .Sydney, June )•">. The employees of the Lithguw 1 ro»iworks liavc refused to agree to thv ivdiH'tion of wages proposed by llu- lirm to enable it to keep the works going till it should be seen whether Hit- iron ISunus Bill were passed by the Federal -Parliament in (September. CO-VntACTS IX MINES. I!_v Telegraph.—Press Association. ! Waihi, Monday. A* the result of a conference in reference to the resolutions passed by the Miners' L'nion that all contracts should be carried out on co-operative lines with no wages men, a grent meeting was held here, over a thousand being present. Mr. Harrv, -uperintendcut of f'le mine, produced plan- to show tliat cooperative working on a larpr ..-ale I would di-"rgani-e the mine. It wouM ' raii.p dissatisfaction among the men. i lie produced records which, he contendI ed. showed that where other than sun't parties had worked under the proposed ~y-tem in a mine they had disagreed an 1 I reduced their numbers. He pointed out | the disastrous consequence, of a strike ! both to tlie mine and to the community, which was largely dependent on the gold duty. Mr. Armstrong, president of (he Ciii--011, supported the system which the l'nion had rcolved to introduce. H,. would icver advise them to craw I down. The meeting dispersed without any • ;'■ 1 Solution lx'ing passed. , I iir.ACKWATEU DISITJ'K isKTTLKD. Kccfton, June ]."i. i At a meeting ~f the Inaiigahm Miners' Inion held at ISlackwator yc ; ; lerday it was amioun<-cd that the'lit ficllltV ill dispute had been vtlle, I )..■ contractor had offcr'-d to forcg ■the extra contracts, and it wis und"i -.Mod that lb- company woiihl relea ■ i iiim from hi- engage in. The mat! ■ | i- con-idered as -etlled in a sati-factoi i. aimer. It was also ,Wnb;l that eo, ; iraet, ,hi.nld be oll'ercd to workers ( , j the .t> operative s\,tein a- is now do: (at Waihi. I =