INDUSTRIAL UNREST
A FURRIERS" STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Xew Vnrk. August 1. Strikers at furrier's establishments •nd sympathisers c.iu-ed u riot in N-w York. The police were escorting strikebreakers, when a woman named Anna Techusky sprang upon a strike-breaker. A constable beat Teclmsky senseless, whereupon a riot broke out. Eeven strikers were arrested. THE DAYLESFORD STRIKE SETTLED. Keceived 2. 11.45 p.m. Melbourne. August 2. The Daylesford strike has ended. Tile wen's demands were conceded. THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS' AWARD. Received .1. 12.45 a.m. Sydney. August 2. The award of the joint Conciliation Board appointed to enquire into the Newcastle colliery trouble, particularly the miners' demand for the abolition of the afternoon shift, while refusing to abolish this shift, recognises that the men's claims are worthy of special consideration. The award embodies a revised scale of wages, wheelers and surfacemen carrying an increase of Is to Is Gd a day. Eigiit shillings a dav is fixed as the minimum rate to any ciass of colliery laborer*.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 65, 3 August 1912, Page 5
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164INDUSTRIAL UNREST Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 65, 3 August 1912, Page 5
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