LABOR UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 249, 11 March 1913, Page 5

LABOR UNREST.

TRADES BOARD ACT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 9. The Bi.-diop of Oxford presitlcil at a demonstration in Quern's Hall, London, in favor of the extension of the Trades Boanl Act, which empowers the Trades Boards to settle wages in certain trades where sweating is probahle. A resolution was passed, urging the Oovernnient to extend its scope. CAS STIIIKK AFTERMATH. Sydney. March 10. Mr. Wade promised Mr. McCowen that the Opposition would not take advant- I age of Mr. Ilolman's absence during the special session to amend the Arbitration Act necessitated by the gas trouble. The strike will cost the men CIiUOO in wages. DOCKYARD DIFFICULTY. London. March !). The engineers in Devonport Dockyard refused to work overtime until wages were increased to an amount o<jita 1 to that paid in private yards. NATIONAL STRIKK I'IKI.IK'TF.D. London. March !). A ballot will shortly be taken for a national strike, by 20.0110 carpenters and joiners in London, for a further increase in wages, estimated to cost the masters C2!II.UH)O yearly. MIDLAND RAILWAY DISIHTK. London. Mar'-h 11. The Amalgamated Society of Railwaymen i> satisfied with the decision of the directors of the Midland Railway Companv to reinstate Richard-on and revise the printed order*.