MR. S. THACKER'S BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT.
: : Mr. . Sj'TJiackcr, whose business promiseis appear abovo this paragraph, is now the oldestestablished boot' and shoe maker in. business in'.. Pulmersto'n North. : ,. As can. bo seen, the premises aro handsome, and, with a fine show Window, allow.'-for on excellent display of the largo and.especi.ally,selected.stock!. .Liko,many of our 'most successful business ..men, Mr. Thaoker 'started'Jin- a ,very. small way, and he owes his present position, to persevering industry.'- Mr;'Thacker has just: been appointed Palmerstpn North., representative; for '.the,' well-' known American -"Walk-over", boot,: a •shipment of which is just' duo to' arrive.-. ;-'
layers belonginß" to : the union: in: Palmerston were nlso;'cont;jn6tdrs,. : nnd, in fact, the secretary of ,the union himself, belonged to a firm which contracted-fori work, there being scarcely a working }n the place. ; Those' men" asked.- 1 that: the award wages should 'be put up, and.,theii-(as< Mr/Pryor-. stated) they could •. by ; ' combining ■ two' or,. three men, : and working all.hours,-undercut the'bona-fide employer, and ..secure;: all; work offering. ;:Mr., Benson,, who appeared for the union; 6aid that he" had. a . paper. signed -by.: seven Palmerstoril firms agreeing to: an .increase-.in. wagcß,. but
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19091030.2.108
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 12
Word count
Tapeke kupu
188MR. S. THACKER'S BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 12
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in