THE FLAX INDUSTRY AWARD.
v :;: .■■; -BOTH SIDES TIRED, OF IT. x :■'.■ ; In ..connection ..with .-the proposal from the Flaxnnllers'..Association .that, in view. of.tho' low prices'of hemp.tho. Flaxworkers'-TJnion join them? iin an;: application-;. to bring 'tho existing aiyard before the Arbitration Court for "review, or> alteration, it will be remembered that.nearly a fortnight -ago The Dominion published a brief account of .a conferonceyheld at Foxtoii,' Although this did not result in an agreement it at. least ended.amicably. It is now ascertained Vsays. our ; Palraerston. correspondent) that .if ,a' yote were taken, at; least tB, per cent.'.of the moil would agree to. go baok to the conditions existing, before the award came into force. The.; deputation■ wLfch'is; to wait on .'the Minister.in;connection with tho matter, is to. bemado as large ai:d.representative as possible. It will probably bring forward, among other. thingSj :a', request that the Government devise somoßcherao whereby- inventors of machinery for the bettor preparation of fibre wDI rcooive flnanoial' support from tbo Government.:;-; ;;:•■■■. ;••■; ,•■-■ ■;.:■■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 442, 26 February 1909, Page 7
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163THE FLAX INDUSTRY AWARD. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 442, 26 February 1909, Page 7
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