WORK AND WAGES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 302, 18 June 1912, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES

THE REEFTON STRIKE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Reefton, Last Night. Several representatives of the mines here interviewed the Hon. Jas. Colvin. Strike pay is to he di.~: ributed tomorrow. It is expected that all single men without dependents will seek Another field. A number of married men are now leaving, and the exodus ds getting very marked.

THREATENED TRAMWAY STRIKE. Christchurch, Last Niglit. A special meeting of the Tramway Boa*l was held to-day to consider the threat of the union to suspend the service on Monday afternoon to hold a demonstration' to protest against the grievances re the roster. The following motion was carried: "That it is the desire of the Board to maintain cordial relations with its staff, and to this end the Board has, at all times, been ready to give sympathetic consideration to any reasonable complaint, or to give effect to any practical suggestions, and whereas the Board is well assured that the large majority of the staff are not only loyal to the service, but equally desirous with the Board to uphold its present high standard, and will co-oper-ate with the Board in sudh endeavor, the union he informed that any man not fo disposed who deserts his duty or fails 1•> report for duty at the appointed time, will be deemed to have left the service without notice, and will Tender himself liable to the penalties entailed by such action."