INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 180, 29 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

THE CARTERS' STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, January 27. The Great Northern Railway carters are willing to resume work provided their comrade's case is submitted to arbitration. Received 28, 5.5 p.m. London, January 27. The Great Northern feailway carmen have resumed work. THE MINING DISPUTE. London, January 26. A sub-committee of mine-owners and miners sat for three days in London, endeavoring to find a bisis for the settlement of the minimum wage dispirte. It is understo6d a settlement was agreed ijpoh, subject to confirmation by ' the principals. ..—Mi"' 1 . RAILWAYMEX PAID OFF. «■>. }■ ' Perth, January 27. t - As a result of the engineers' strike 20# casual hands in the railway workshops have been paid off. The navvies' strike has collapsed. THE BRISBANE STRIKE. , Brisbane, January 27. A serious extension of the strike iB predicted as the result of Sunday's conference. ■ A SENSIBLE SUGGESTION. ' r Ho,bart, January 27. At the Liberal VVomen's Conference a delegate, referring 1 to the injustice of giving preference to unionists, said that she would like to see a secret ballot of wives of the workers taken before, a strike. , That wduld stop it on the spot.