WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 176, 18 August 1909, Page 2

WORK AND WAGES.

THE OTIUA DEADLOCK. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Urcymouth, August 17. Ihc deadlock at Otira continues. All the outside work is going on as usual, only the tunnel workers being arfectcl. ilic notice to the men requires a deposit of 10s Gd per lamp, such sum to lie returned when the lamp is handed back in good order.

_ Chnstchtircli, Last Night. J.lie Otira correspondent of (he Prostelegraphed that the report that the men outside the Uealoy end of the tuniii'll had ceased work is incorrect. The men are working at present and all ttie men are working outside the tunnel lit the Otira end. They are all working lis usual. Only the men who are working in the tinnier and require lights are nlleete<l. The shifts, night, dav and a'teriioo,,. eontiiiue to go up ( 0 work as usual, but no lights being forthcoming the men have to return to their huts "

WATERSIDE WORKERS' CONFERENCE.

Wellington, August 17. -Hie Waterside Workers' Conference was continued to-day. A motion was passed urging the Government to tak; oyer the Lyttclton-Wcllington ferry service. A motion was also passed iirgin» the Government to make better pro"vision for the inspection of ship's gear, and that all chain gear be inspected and stamped at least every six mouths. The delegates urged the Government to re-enact clause 5 of the original Arbitration Act, allowing two employers or seven workers to form employers' or workers' unions respectively. The last amendment to the Act increased the numbers to three and fifteen respectively I Another resolution affirmed the principle of crib time and that workers should be paid their wages in employers' time