LABOR MATTERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 3

LABOR MATTERS.

| iliO\\Vl.iil\K!;S' H.\i. I By Cable—Press Association -Copyright Sydney, March 9. It. is anticipated that to-day's ballot of the iron trades will result in the resumption of work. BAKERS WANT DAY WORK. ' Sydney, March 0. The Bakers' Union has notified the employers that the new log contains a demand for day baking, and unleßß this is eojiceded by March 30 work will cease. A TROUBLED OUTLOOK. BOYCOTT OF AFRICAN TRADE. London, March 8. I Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent j says that private cablegrams state that [ as the result of London conferences the transport workers, wool operatives and dockers' unions have agreed, as a protest against the Indemnity Bill, not to handle South African imports. Communications are being exchanged with the Berlin headquarters of the International Association of Workers and fiociaiist Secretariat. MIXING STRIKE SETTLED. WEST COAST MINES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Greymouth, Monday. The industrial dispute at the Blackhall coal mines was settled on Friday before Commisioner ITallv for a term of three, years. The agreement is practically the same as existed prior to the strike, with additional machinery clauses. The State mines dispute has not been settled, and in all probability will be submitted to the Arbitration Court. The question of hewing ratesis the vital point of difference in both disputes.