ARBITRATION COURT.
Jiy Telegraph.—Press Association. invercargill, Last Xiglit. At ilie Arbitration Court to-day the application for a now award by the NouUiluiid .Sawmillers' Union for an allround increase in wages of Is a day occupied all day. Twenty-six witnesses were called for the Union to give evidence as to wages and conditions, ml'. Seutt, representing the employers, said they could not entertaiu the proposal for an increase, as tlhe industry was I Suirvnng n heavy depression owing to over-production. .Ninety per cent, of the mills were in rough country where i he eo-t of production was high and mills were overstocked and had 110 orders coining in. The Association had already discussed two proposals, one to close lor a day each week, alul me other to shut down nltogetter, hut no decision had been made so far. The industry could not possibly carry the additional burden of the increased wages. Evidence for the employers will j be taken to-morrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 200, 13 August 1908, Page 2
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159ARBITRATION COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 200, 13 August 1908, Page 2
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