LABOUR, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2514, 10 June 1893, Page 1

LABOUR, ETC.

London, June 8. The Poplar (Middlesex) branch has seceded from the Seamen's and Firemen's Uni-ni, being dissatisfied with the management of Mr J. H. Wilson, the secretary. Sydney, June 7. The Victorian steamship owners are conferring with the New South Wales owner, relative to the proposed reductions in the rate of wages. The men working in six western collieries have now struck. The reductions imposed by the owners amount to about 13 per cent. The men were willing to accept 10 per cent. A number of free men are being engaged to work the mines o Melbourne, June 7. The Seamen's Union have decided not to accept the reduction announced by Messrs Mcllwraith, McEachran and Co., but admit the necessity for a revised scale of wages. They suggest that the members cf the union should accept the following rates: —Sailors £6 per month, firemen £8 per month. Wellington, June 6. The Trades and Labour Council have sent a letter to the Labor Party of Queenslaud congratulating them on electing 16 members at the recent polling. The letter urges them to destroy plural voting and substitute the " one-man-ane-vota/ 5 which has been the making of the party in New Zealand. It says that the time will come when the Portfolio of Labor will be sufficient for one Minister. It pays a high tribute to Mr W. P. Reeves, and says that if the two Portfolios held by him are to be separated, he would undoubtedly be chosen by workers as Minister of Labour,