Strikes in Victoria.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XL, Issue 3528, 5 June 1890, Page 2

Strikes in Victoria.

Ihefiolowing aooount of the strike at Messrs Chaffey Bros- irrigating colony at Mildura, Victoria, Si 5l! ing Post> teads '0 show the unreasonable length tn which things have cases in that colony;— A strike has take place at Ohaffey Bros, irrigation colony atuonc the laborers employed by the firm, and settlers there are offering their services as mediators, with a view to effeoting a settlement of the difficulty Theirm oomplain.of the wy in' which the* made their demands, Mr George Chaffey states that last Thursday, when in Mildura, he4us informed that the laborers wished to see him, and he was at his offlctf on May for, the purpose. In #ss meantime theyhadetrdok, On Saturday morning they paraded before himwhle he was entertaining s party of parliamentary .visitors; and Sii dema " dSl Ik War# that the men employed are divided in o three sections—mechanics, gardners ana laborers. " The meohamos include oarpenters, fitters, engineers, and engine drivers, whohava worked at rates from Is to 2s 4d ner hour for a day of nine hears, Theso waited °nMrOha% «the earlier' E?/ "ft demanded that they should work eight hours in future, to whioh Mr Chaffey replied that they ■ would be paid for as' many hours as they worked. The gardeners receivo from 8s a day to *4 per Wiok,,ttiG engine-drivers 8s a day, and the' labourers employed in.grubbing and canal work 7s a day. Hitherto they have worked nine hours, and they now desire to work eight at the same rates whioh is equivalent to a rim in wages of 11 i per cent. On 22ud Maj, the irades and Labour Council received communication from the meqyW strike at Mildura, asking thenfto stop all trees and plants for Ohaffey Bros, being landed at Sydney from the San franoisoo mai( steamer, and also to block the landing of goods for the firm at river ports. The matter was placed m : the hands of the