POLICE LEAVE STOPPED IN WELLINGTON
. . WELLINGTON, Jan. 7. The suspcnsinn of mo-st of the powers and authoritios of Ihe Waterfront ln dustry Coiumission as aunounccd by the Government has had no immediate elfect- on the working conditions on the waterfront. The 40-hour week poliey of ihe New Zealand Waterside Work ers* Fnion contimies in all ports concerned and employers are free now to rnove for an alteration of the working conditions or wage rates, but it was learnod todav that they have yet no mlenlion of doing so. The dispute t'e mains for the tirne being as between the Government and tlre watersiders. In spite of oflicial denials police ofticers assert tliat the Government lum stopped police leave since Jast Thursdav. There has been a suggestion from Hastings that East Coast Maoris might be bi'nught down as volunteer labour on riit; Y(4ovefmipeivt i^ilVl^f itipliwii 4ht^. 0 t
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 January 1947, Page 8
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