LABOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2284, 24 November 1891, Page 1

LABOUR.

Sydney, Nov. 20. The miners strike has extended to the Nord. Those on strike in the province of Pas de Calais are overawed at the extensive military precautions to prevent disorder. The Deputy from Basle urges the French Government to assume the management of the coal mines. M. Freycinet proposes arbitration, which the strikers are wiling to accept. They demand pensions for the pitmen. The conference between the tailors and masters has come to an end in consequence of the former refusing to concede freedom of contract. Brisbane, Nov. 21. The Secretary of the Labour Federation has written to the Premier authoritatively denying any intention of the part of those he represented to foment ill-feeling between shearers and pastoralists, and he asks the Government to appoint arbitration boards for the settlement of disputes. The arbitrator in the dispute between the carpenters and employers has refused to recommend an increase in wages, but advises liberal treatment of the men with regard to overtime. He also declines to abolish the system of subletting and piece work, but authorises a week’s work as 50 hours, and a standard wage per hour at 9d. . . . IRISH AFFAIRS. London, Nov. 19. Sir Gavan Duffy is willing to stand for the constituency of Monaghan at the next general election in the McCarthyite interest. Nov. 20. The Irish Catholic declares that a widespread scheme is in existence in Ireland, its object being to induce young men to join secret societies. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. St. Petersburg, Nov. 19. The Government has decided to send 40,000 infantry to rienforce the Russian troops stationed on the Polish frontier. Berlin, Nov. 19. The political uneasiness in the city is ! having a depressing effect on the Bourse, and German loan debentures fell 1J per cent, an event almost unheard of before. Holloway’s Pills— lmportant for the delicate.—lt is difficult to determine which is the more trying to the human constitution, the damp, cold days of autumn and winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of spring. Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained by occasional doses of Holloway’s Pills, which purify the blood and act as wholesome stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated medicine needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and desponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inconvenience. No family should be without a supply of Holloway’s Pills and Ointment, as by a timely recourse to them the .first erring function may be reclaimed, suffering may be spared, and life saved.