INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 106, 25 October 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

SOUTH WALES' MINERS' DEMANDS. By Cable—Fress Association—Copyright. London, October 23. The executive of the South Wales Miners' Federation has submitted a revised demand for a minimum wage in abnormal places of 8= for miners and 5s for laborers. MINERS APPLY FOR AN INCREASE IN WAGES. Received 24, 10 p.m. London. October 24. The National Miners' Association has decided to apply to the Conciliation Hoard for one-quarter per cent, increase in the standard of wages. SMALL ARMS MAKERS' STRIKE. London, October 23. Three thousand unionists and nonunionists at Birmingham Small Arms Factory have struck for 2'/ 3 per cent, increase. THE MT. LYELL DISPUTE. Melbourne, October 24. Representatives of the Mt. Lyell strikers approached the directors with a view to holding another conference after visiting the mines and ascertaining the men's attitude. Received 24, 11.23 p.m. Melbourne, October, 24. The president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners held a conference with the Mt. Lyell directors, and immediately afterwards left for Tasmania, stating they had new proposals to place before the men. EMPLOYERS AND ARBITRATION. Melbourne, October 24. The fntcr-Statc Conference of Employers adopted a series of resolutions against further amendment of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. resenting Federal encroachment, and asking that all industrial legislation be controlled by the various States themselves.