INDUSTRIAL UNREST
THE MINING DISPUTE.
ADMIRALTY PRECAUTIONS,
By Cable—Press Association— London, January 12.
Several of the miners' leaders are urging a peaceful solution and*a roundtable conference. Many employers are willing to give a minimum wage in abnormal places, but not a general minimum wage. Hundreds of men are working day and night constructing a coal depot at Chatham dockyard for the storage of 30,000 tons. » SOLDIERS AND STRIKERS. A MINISTER'S VIEWS., Sydney, January 13. The Minister of Defence at Broken Hill declared that he was not prepare* to use the forces to shoot down strikers. Defence was the Labor Party's policy. Soldiers were not hired murderers, as had been stated at Broken Hill. They were made to perform a duty they owed the country. Japan was an arsenal from beginning to end, and was not for international arbitration. Australian compulsory training was a trifle compared with the autocratic conscription of European countries. A COTTON TRUCE. Received 14, 5.5 p.m. London, January 13. A cotton settlement is expected, both sides favoring a half year's truce. Meanwhile masters are endeavoring to secure a pledge against harassing strikes on the non-unionist question.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 15 January 1912, Page 5
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189INDUSTRIAL UNREST Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 15 January 1912, Page 5
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