LABOUR TROUBLES.
SOUTH WALES BALLOT,
Received September 29, 9.40 a.m.)
LONDON, September 28. | In connection with the South Wales mining trouble, further re- • suits of the ballot confirm the statement that narrow majorities in eleven of the larger collieries favour a levy in support of the Cambrian miners", while six support a general stoppage of work. However, fifty per cent, of the men abstained from voting. Meanwhile, the Ely dispute is likely to be settled at an early date. This would render a strike of the Cambrian -miners unnecessary. (Received September 29, 1 p.m.) LONDON, September 28. The South Wales miners, by a majority of 25,999 votes, decided in favour of a levy to support the Cambrian miners.
COTTON-SPINNING DISPUTE
'Received September 29, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, September 28,
In the cotton-spinners' dispute, the cardroom workers, replying to the employers' ultimatum, declai'.e they are willing to submit the dispute to arbitration if, when the Fern Mill has re-started work, the discharged grinder is reinstated. This the employers have heretofore eonsistentlv refused.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10107, 30 September 1910, Page 5
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170LABOUR TROUBLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10107, 30 September 1910, Page 5
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