INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 203, 7 May 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

YEARLY WAGES. By OaWe—Pros Association—Copyright. •j London, May 5. j Mr. Keir Hardie, speaking at Swanj sea, proposed that instead of the mini- { mum daily wago there should be a I yearly salary paid, whether made by j good or bad'workers, and whether idle or not.

Sir Edward Grey and Messrs. Lloyd George, Churchill, and Buxton have been constituted, "A committee to investigate the prevailing unfest.

THE MINIMUM WAGE. Received 6, 9.45 p.m. London, May 5. The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation has decided not to adhere to the demand for a minimum wage. THE SIX HOURS' DAY. . Brisbane, May 6. ' Speakers at the eight hour dinner declared that the time had arrived to seek a six hours' day. A LABOR DAY PROCESSION. Received 7, 12.;>0 a.m. Brisbane, May 6. The eight-hour procession was a record display. The Tramway Union carried a banner inscribed "Legalised to wear a badge," with a figure of Justice with the bandage removed from her eyes. THE RIGHT TO .STRIKE. Sydney, May 6. The agreement between the shipping companies and the wharf laborers, drawn up at the conference in January, has not been signed by the president of the wharf laborers, because it provides heavy penalties for striking. This action was endorsed by a mass meeting of the men. It was stated that they had r>o present intention of striking, but refused to give up the rignt to strike.