FERRY SERVICE
(Per Press Association.)
THE POSITION EXPLAINED
DUNEDIN, Dec 18.
The formal position in the cooks’ and stewards’ dispute is that their union applied separately for an extra bonus of £2 per month. The application was Jicard last week and the judgment, which would he binding, has not yet been delivered. The case differs from that of ordinary daily workers, in that the applicants ‘are fed anc] lodged on t|ie ships,.thereby entailing an increased expenditure oil the part of their employers as to the I cost of living ,tlie defraying of which is the ground of the application.
THE MEN’S THREAT. IVELLINGTON, Dec 18. Tho stewards’ dispute in New Zealand, now before the Arbitration Court, may take an unfavourable, turn, if the decision is nqt regarded as favourable l,v the men. Members of the union have stated .that if the extra £2 pel month is not awarded, the Christinas traffic will he’ hold up.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1920, Page 4
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