The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

LABOUS lit Al/STIIALIA.—We have still many men
unemployed. The railway work o have been much in.
terrupted by strikos, caused partly by the unfair treat.
moot of the oontrutors, and partly by a foolish attempt
on the part of the men to fore. from them a higher rate
of wages at a time when this was impouible, u labour is
still much in excess of the present demand. The non-
treaters have, we think, prejudicially to their fntore in.
tereat, taken advantage of the temporary inperhuity of
labour, not only to keep uten working at the vary lowest
scale uf remuneration, but otherwise in to treat them as
to keep the men in • state of oonstant dissatisfaction.
The necessities of many compel them to work for any
one who v4lllol'o them the opportunity of earning their
bread but the boil men are leaving the works in di,.
gust whenever they have a chino, of employment else-
where, and tlie bad feeling against the contractor' will
not be forgotten when working men are at a premium
main, When their day some, they are likely
to make unpopular employers pay dearly for the ad•
value now miaseased, and en inoonalderately used, and
the tables meat be Mimed before long. The number of
men employed on the worka ia as yet comparatively
small I but tido most very soon be inermoio,
the terms of the nontroote loony 11101.0 men should have
been taken on before now I and cot a late ocemilun the
preelilent of the Board of Lend and Works *toted that
ae the spring advance. he will insist on the full *ample.
Went being employed, no that the anstrootion of the
Nee may pnieeed with the required speed. We are
now holt over the Ant month of spring, and in a few
dor, or at net in two or throe weeks, shooting will
have generally eulllllrlleell, Time,. will oleo be a large
outlay of emdlol oil the golilAlelds, neettilitating the
employnient of emelt hired labour, aii that the Regent
euperoblindente will soon be droughted off into thee.
aural eliennels, mid employere will be again onnipeties
hp tile 1101.V1004 of any men who happen to be disco.
glued. Dame twiny iiiiintlia are over the antroolors
anil their workmen will have ohonged prialtions, much
to the lmt and ineouveidenee of the ttlfllifit The 411
hours intiveineot is 0111 gaining strength here, 'lli*
wish of the eoliths, boiler maker., end other worker. in
Iron to labour but for eight heel§ aglay, , Matra of ten,
opposed hy loom employers, who tried hard to fro.
trate their object, but go...nightly had to give way. In
ti 11.1161111 1111h11.11,11111111117 was altogether en the Mile
of the workmen who, whin erasing till. boon, did MA
attempt to I gain lat their employers' commie. They
were all along willing to subinll lit a prop viortionate 'ew
elfin In their worm, and for eight hours' work only raked
to Neely* eightluoire' pay, Nome of the large employere
refueled towed. to tile tealp. of their workmen as long
ae there was the lemt probability of their being able to
etop the 1110V91116111 I but now "Wit hoer.' work a lay
it the rule In this, u It hos long been In clear of the
ontmfotoor Ueda. The news of the iroaworken has
stimulated the shipwrights, inill.lowyers, owl others who
have not yst effected a chimp In the hour of work, to
malts • general demand for a shortening of the tlnti
and, doubtless, mulem n eloye will, either with a i
or bad gram, 'weds to the request of their men.