TRADES AND LABOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3590, 18 August 1890, Page 2

TRADES AND LABOR.

London, August 15. The railway, men in South Wales. are. resuming work, Tho masters. .haveoonceded6o hours a weak as a' linijt of labor, shunters and signalmen included, From tho-final balance of th# Dock Strike Fund it appears that the' colonial contributions reached a total 0f£8?,270. The dockers celebrate the anniversary of tho. strike by a meeting in Hydo Park on Sunday; A tremendous gathering is expeoted, i-V August 11 '. The strikes in South Wales'have been settled. '.'■ r& Under the terms of with the railway men of South 'Wales; '

to consist of 00 hours, but for signal--111011 it will bo 12 hours por day for six days a week . ■The Board of Trade roturns show there wero 91 strikes dqring July, a worso state ot things than a year ago. Tho Cardiff Dock Company have givon tho unionists notice to leave unless they chooso to work with non-unionists.

. Tho London Trades Council has instructed its delegates to vote in favor of eight hours a day being raado legal, at tho Liverpool Conference. 1 Tho striko in South Wales haying' terminated, work in the mines and on tho railways has been rosumed. It is estimated that in the that tho men wero out, half a million in wages was sacrificed. Sydney, August 15. Tho shipping companies are withdrawing their advertisements and timetables, on tho ground that thoy are tinablo to regulate tho movements offing to the impending labor difficulties. Mr Speiicc, President of tho Shearers' Union, states that 288 labor societies aro supporting the shearers in tho present dispute. The Shearers' Union is calling in this year's, as wollj as next year's subscriptions from its members to provide the necessary funds for tho impending struggle