WORK AND WAGES.
Per Press Association. AVei.lixoton, December 14, The Manawatu flaxmillers have filed ■i dispute with (he Conciliation Board, •vliich meets on the 21st. The principal demands nre a forty-six hour week, wages ranging from eight shillings a lay for paddookcrs to five guineas for •trippers who are also feeding nnd'' managing; also sleeping quarters ar.dS i separate dining room.,
A stnko occurred this morning on ilic City Corporation work of converting a hill and gully into what is known is Keiburno Park. A number of navvies demanded 9s a day instead of Ss, claiming that 9s is the rate paid by private contractors. According to the men 72 declined to wcrk when the re■juest was refused, but the Engineer says between forty and fifty bA o«t. 0 f 34 engaged, 'luosl of those remaining are doing a special class of work, for >vhich they got 9s. The Engineer <ays the strike will cause delay, but not a serious one.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81903, 15 December 1906, Page 2
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161WORK AND WAGES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81903, 15 December 1906, Page 2
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