BREACH OF LABOR LAWS.
Per Pron Anodation. i . Wellmgton, La<st Xight. ; The ittentitin of the Hon. J. A. Miliar . it** been drawn by Wellington coal- i dealers to the fact that the State Coal Department has been delivering coal on the statutory half-holidays, whereas they are bound by the Arbitration Act award to observe a weekly half-holiday, Saturday being the day selected, in , reply, the Minuter forwards a letter to , Mr. Prior (secretary of the Dealer*' , AmoeiaUony from the Hon. J. Mctiowan, in which it is stated that inquiries have J been made into the complaint, and he continues: "I have to state thai I find that the carts were used on Saturday, 14th September, under great pressure from families in which sickne-s prevailed, local supplies having run short owing to bad weather on th" Coast. I may add that my authority was not obtained, ami definite iiHtni.--tion.i have now hei'ii issued that under no circumstance- i- coal to be delivered by the State (.'oal IJepartment on Saturday afternoons or during any otlu r tinp outside of the ordinary working hourfixed for coaldealers."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 11 October 1907, Page 3
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183BREACH OF LABOR LAWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 11 October 1907, Page 3
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