LABOUR, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2425, 15 November 1892, Page 1

LABOUR, ETC.

London, Nov. 10.

The executive of the Welsh Miners' Federation have issued a manifesto, stating that 00,000 miners are urging them to join the federation of Great Britain in preventing a reduction of wages. Giving evidence before the Labor Commission, the secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union said that the hours of shop assistants averaged S 4 hours per week. The majority of the premises were in a very insanitary condition, and the lot of many of the assistants was almost on a par with that of prisoners undergoing a term of penal servitude. The strike in the conton trade is extending and is causing the weavers to stop work. The Bradford dyers' strike is settled. Melbourne, Nov. 11. At a meeting of the British Silvermining Company a sum of £4OO was voted for distribution among its officers in the colony in recognition of their services in preserving the company's propertry during the recent strike. The chairman intimated that the changed conditions under which ths mines would now be worked would reduce the amount paid in wages by one-third. Newcastle, Nov. 13. At the mine-owners' conference, it was stated that the new agreement submitted by the miners' delegates proposed amendments which the owners thought too important to be dealt with untiljfully considered. Sydney, Nov. 11. The Broken Hill relief committee are besieged with applications for relief. Various unionist bodies in the i

colonies have promised to render financial assistance. The mine-owners have declined to meet the representatives of the men at a conference, as they do not see that any good purpose can be served by such a gathering. Adelaide, Nov. 11. Speaking at the mayoral banquet the Premier stated that the Governor had in an unostentatious manner been instrumental in bringing about the termination of the Broken Hill strike.