WHAT PAY BAY THIS WEEK?

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1637, 2 January 1913, Page 4

WHAT PAY BAY THIS WEEK?

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(By Telegraph.—tress Aeeodatfon.) :■ .'; r ■'■"':■ ''•■'■'■' Christchurch, Dooorober 91. ■'. .Work on the waterfront, nt Lytteltofl' was more or less disorganised , for. > two" hours this morning:, trouble having arisen,': between the shipping companies. and; ijiti waterside'. workers over tho question-ot payment of wagos. Some steamers storied work at 8 a.m.: as usual, but nianyjM ,tho men engaged to work at them did not Sut in an Three of the'' nion Company's colliora started,.but tho, men presently knooked off.,' Other boats; did not start, as the.ro was no .labour.; available for tkoni, while eomo of thef steamers carried on short-h'nudod. Othfrfl again were working with'thcir, usual otiraCi plomonts of wnterrado workei'a,' . 1 It has always been thepractito to pay : .wages iii Itrtteltbn oil, the Friday of. each week, and, • when;-, approached, yesterday afternoon, the employers' represent tatiVo3 pointed out that it would bo uttori ly ■ impossible, on ' such ' short notice as had been given, to make up the men's! time and prepare 'tko wages-sheets for payment to-dn)' (Tuesday) instead of on Friday; Moreover, they pointed out that tho position this week wis different from that of last week, when the wages were paid Out on Tuesday. On that occasion the banks,had been closed.for three'days" (including the regular pay-day—Friday). This week, however, Friday \ras not a bsrnk holiday, and, the employees inti. mated to tho secretary of the Waterside. Workers' Union that trio men's wages could not bo paid on Tuesday, butweuhj be paid on Friday as USilal. \ Shortly after 8 n.nv the men held 4 meeting, and, after hours; of deliberation,' decided to start work, i : .'■.'-'•. '.