LABOR UNREST

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1919, Page 4

LABOR UNREST

„ STRIKE ORDER CANCELLED. 50 _ n PtCNDING NATIONAL ACTIOS: 1_ London, Feb. T. r- The Electrical Union turn cancelled tb» ie order to strike on Saturday, pending nat, tional action. if Lor J Claud Hamilton announced thai the Oi»ernment control of railways will H continue for two years after the war.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn. 't " """" '• OBJECTION TO MILITARY LORRIES. ir It HITCH IN TUBES SETTLEMENT. Received Feb, 10, £.40 p.m. ;° London, Feb. 7. , The taxi-drivers' section of the !? Licensed Vehicle Workers' Union, to ,«, which many army motor drivers belong, '? is protesting to the War Office against army motor lorries conveying Londoners * to and from work. The union declared ' its members did not join the army to become strike breakers. The hitch in the tube strike settlement j d is due to the long-standing jealousy of n the Associated Locomotive Engineer! and l< Firemen and the National Union of Saili" ways. The former was the first to offig cially recognise the strike, which mems- bers of both unions began unofficially, >t and thus scored over its rival; but the >r latter ignored the former's settlement : y with the Board of Trade and the strike H continued. The new settlement provides that the National Union of Rail;B waymen|s delegates shall assist the rail.s way companies in carrying out facilities ,t for meal times, which, pending a genf. oral conference, will not be included in • e the eight hours. ,t Contrary to expectation, the taboe Lt were idle to-day. Despite the second y settlement, the companies state tie ,t strikers have not returned.—Aus. NJ. 3 . Cable Assoc. rt Received 10, 5.S p mLondon, tei. 3. . The President of the Board of Trndo * and the Home Secretary informed ft d»L ' putation of the Licensed Vehicle-work f ero Union that until the dispute on tht s underground railways was settled it wm '* impossible to say whether military lop ries would continue to be used to con vey the public or not. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Is Assoc and Reuter. Ie ,t PUBUCATXON OF FACTS CKGKD. is >- ESPECIALLY AS TO PROFITEERING. w j Received 10, 55 p.m. e London, Feb. 9. t. The Press urges on the Government, in r- all ctrikes henceforth, prompt and detailed publication of the facts on ooth j sides where the general public is affect- (. ed. Even the Conservative papers sug» j gest n more frank disclosure on the basis . of prices and profits, as the workers int meaningly challenge the huge business t returns exampled. For instance the Im' . perial Tobacco Company's report shows r the year's fading profit «g £.1.828,000, s while the poor man's smoke has doubled in price and declined in quality.—•UttiUd Press. STATE MINERS' ACTION. STOP WORK UNTIL A DOCTOR IS ] SECURED. J Greymouth, Feb. 10 The State miners held a stop-work t meeting this morning and decided, bv f ISB votes to 18, not to resume work until a medical man was secured for the district. Urgent wires were sent to the 5 Ministers for Health ;ind Mines regard- ■ ing the mutter. A deputation leaves for Wellington to-morrow. Dr. Meade, for- ) merly medical ofiieer, left on SaturUuy morning en route for Knglan; : THE ENGINEERING SHOPS. Received 10, 7 2j p.m. London, Feb. 8, There are sporadic and unauthorised stri!>-o< in nmnv Loiuini: en wince ring" , shops, the striker* demanding oi^ht ■ | liouv--. including mealtimes.-—Aus.N./C. !; Cable Assoc-