FISHING DISPUTE
CONFERENCE ARRANGED
(Special to the "Eveninp Post")
INVERCARGILL, This Day,
In an effort to end the present fishing hold-up in Southland waters, a conference is to be held next month between representatives of the Fishermen's Union and the merchants. This announcement was made by the secretary of the Stewart Island branch of the Fishermen's Union (Mr. W. Bailey, sen.) in an interview.
Practically all the fishermen at the island were willing to resume fishing immediately, Mr. Bailey said, but they could not do so without the authority of the Seamen's Union, to which the Fishermen's Union is affiliated. However, because of the higher costs of fuel oil, petrol, and other necessaries, it was quite impossbile for the men to earn a reasonable living if they were to receive only 27s per 1001b for their catches.
In response to a request which he had made to the former Minister for Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong), Mr. Bailey said, the Minister had agreed to extend the period in which the men could be engaged on public works until the end of January. Normally the scheme would end on December 24, but to enable fishermen to continue working until a settlement could be reached tan extension of the period had been 'sought.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 8
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212FISHING DISPUTE Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 8
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