THE LUMPERS' STRIKE AT PATEA.
POSITION IN THIRD-RATE PORTS.
Sir. D.| M'Laren, M.P ~ was able to cast some light upon the waterside workers' trouble at Patea when seen by a reporter, yesterday.. ■ The wages of waterside workers were adjusted,- Mr. M'Laren said, by the proportion of trade. r done by a port', and the men at • Patea we're merely asking for the same rate of pay as was obtained at: other, third-rate .ports, viz., Is. 6d. per-hour during the day and 2s. 6d. for ,overtime. : This was the rate, that was • being.paid at Wanganui ; and other ports of-the same grade. . They required the extra money in order to subsist, as the work was much more irregular .than it .was-in 1 nrst or. second-rato ports. ■ ■ The -wages in Wellington wcra.ls. 3d. per hour ordinary rates, and 2s. for overtime, and in second-rate .f>orts 'Is.. 6d. and 2s. per.hour respectively was paid. there. were' only . about twenty men concerned at Patea but it was not-fair that tlrey. should be paid less- ™ being, obtained at ports sL tn similar Conditions exist. the. men engaged in waterside work at Patea were said to have average! about £1 per week last yea? which was 'not-a living wage. ' . :
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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202THE LUMPERS' STRIKE AT PATEA. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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