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AVORKERS CLAIM TO £SOOO. By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October -5. In the Arbitration Court Award for brickworkers, etc., delivered by Mr Justice Blair, a week’s work was fixed at forty-eight hours per week on the interpretation of the Factories Act, 1921-22. This has prompted the Brick, Tile, Pottery and Clay AA’orkers in this industrial district to consder steps to recover the overtime worked and not paid for during the past five years. A conservative estimate, it is stated, fixes the total involved in the vicinity of five thousand pounds. It is recalled that Mr Justice Frazer, in 1923 and 1925, iefused to recognise the Factories Act as relating to the brickworks indusThe Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin unionists have been communicated with, the unionists having a view to concerted action.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1929, Page 6
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