INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

BRADFORD WOOL COMBERS STRHLE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 8, 10 p.m. London, January 8. Two thousand wool combers struck at Bradford against the employment of non-unionists. A lock-out involving twelve thousand is threatened. ; * The outlook in the cotton dispute is more hopeful. MT. LYELL DISPUTE SETTLED. Hobart, January 8. The Mt. Lyell miners have accepted the company's agreement and are signing it. It will have a currency of two and a half years. FEDERAL LABOR CONFERENCE. "POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION. Received 9, 12.25 a.m. Hobart, January 8. The Federal Labor Conference has opened. South Australian delegates are unable to attend, owing to the pending elections. Mr. Earle, leader of the Tasmania Laborites has been elected chairman. Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister, desires a free hand in discussing the agenda, which includes a number of speculative and daring proposals. Mr. Fisher, in a speech of public welcome to the delegates, said the intelligent youth of Australia was looking to the Labor movement for political and economic emancipation. THE LITHGOW STRIKE. Sydney, January 8. At the conference between Mr. Hoskins and the Lithgow strikers Mr. Hoskins offered to re-engage the men on the conditions existing prior to the strike. He asked for a reply before Thursday. WHARF LABORERS' DEMANDS Received 9, 12,25 a.m. Melbourne, January 8. A conference of shipowners and wharf laborers sat in camera to discuss the men's demands. The meeting was adjourned till to-morrow.