WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 225, 21 March 1912, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

GISBORNE WATERSIDE WORKERS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Wednesday. Ji. conference in connection with the < Gisborne waterside workers' 'demands resulted in am amicable settlement at the following rates of pay:—General cargo and coal Is 6d per hour, ordinary time, and 2s €d overtime. The rates for handling frozen meat have also been increased/ The agreement is to be put into operation on April I•and has fr duration of three years. ''lt was one of the pleasantest conferences I have ever been at," remarked one of the employers' representatives; "if all such meetings were conducted with the same good spirit there would be less talk about strikes and the federation of labor." RAILWAYMEN AND MILLS' UNITY SGEBME. Dunedin, Laat Night. At a meeting of the Otago branch of the Amalgamated Society of J&ilway Servants to-night, addresses in support of Professor Mills' unity scheme were given by the Hon. J, T. Paul and Mr. Barnett (conference delegate). A resolution Was carried unanimously approvof the; action of the conference in > giving qualified support to Professor Mills' scheme, and expressing the opin-, ion that there was not a danger of the society being involved in a strike.