LABOUR TROUBLES
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THAMES IRON WORKERS. AND THEIR HOURS. (Rceived Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, January (3. A meeting of the workers employed tit the Thames Iron Works resolved not to work fifty-three hours weekly.
THE COTTON OPERATIVES,
(Received January 6, 8.5 a.m.)
LONDON, January 5
Sir G. R. Askwith's conferences with the masters and cotton operatives in Lancashire continue. The first few weeks' lock-out pay cost the local weavers' union £75,000. Few unions will bo able to stand tho strain many more months. Some unions have been urging thai they should go into bankruptcy in a fortnight. THE OONFERiENOE ADJOURNED. Rieceivea This Morning', 12.20 o'clock LONDON,' January. 7. Sir G. R. Askwaith's conference with the. two parties in the cotton trade trouible has been adjourned, to enable suggestions to- -be made with a view to settling thenon-unionists l ' question submitted by representatives of the workers' side. The masters have declined the wieaversi' demand for a five pea- cent. advocnCe.
DISCHARGE-NOTE STSIEM.
(Received January 6,,8.5 a.m.) LONDON, January 5. Objecting to the disdharge-EOte system, hundreds of workmen in the Tyneside shipyards tendered their no tices. The movement against the : notes spread to the Clyde. The representatives of both sides ■have agreed to meet and discuss the matter at Carlisle. THE STREEK& SPREADING. 'Received This Mourning, 12.30 o'clock LONDON, January 7. The strike at the shipyards against' the ddschairgio notes is sperading to the north.. The employees state that witiiout ttbe notes tibe men would leave their •waik unfinished. SYDNEY WHARF LABOURERS. (Received January 6, 10.10 a.m.) ' SYDNEY, January 6. Uneasiness prevails regarding the position of the coastal and inter-State wharves 1 . The men persist in'ceasing ; work half-an-hour earlier than, the award provides for, and only overtime is worked after that by the permanent staffs. Much congestion and dolay is the result of this action. CONFERENCE ARRANGED FOR i (Received January 6, 10.20 a.m.'j MELBOURNE, January 6. A conference has been ararnged between, the employers and wharf 11'.bourors for Moriday>next. Meantime the work on the .wharves proceeds.'
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10520, 8 January 1912, Page 5
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344LABOUR TROUBLES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10520, 8 January 1912, Page 5
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