AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 117, 7 November 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.

| MOUNT I,YELL DISPUTE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ! Melbourne, November 0. The Enginedrivers aiul Firemen's Association has sent an ultimatum to ihi* proprietors of Mount Lvell mine that the drivers and firemen will work to-day if not granted the terms set out in Justice Higgins' proposed award; also the motor drivers and electrical workers, unless they receive the terms pro- ■ posed in the award granted to the | Broken Hill men. Neither engine-drivers ! nor miners will return until granted the following terms: Recognition of the union, the eight hours principle, an increase of wages, a conference with the directors, and an agreement signed by the directors and union officials. The secretary of the Engine-drivers' Union states that the claim for the reinstatement of White has been dropped. MEN RESUME QUIETLY. Sydney, November 6. All .sections of the wharf laborers have resumed working quietly. j ARCHBISHOP'S VIEWS. i Sydney. November <V I Archbishop Kelly declares that striking is the last thing Australians should KfrU-oo nnf WL- tl,n r,f

I do. Strikes put back the progress ot the country, and are quite unjustifiable t I ina land Jike this. ! s RUSH EOR GOODS. " WHARVES BLOCKED. . j | : Received 7. 1.15 a.m. j , Sydney, November fl. ( Owing to the ru-li of merchants to re- * move their poods, the wharves lmnlcnng the streets were blocked with traflic for , many hours. i ONE EFFECT OF THE STRIKE. ] -NO WORK FOR WORKERS. * Received fl. 11 p.m. Sydney. November fi. 1 The wharf laborers turned up in great 1 numbers. Only about two thousand, however, were taken on. owing to the comparative .scarcity of vessels in the luLrbor.

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