A STRIKE?
WATERSIDE WORKERS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. An important matter for waterside workers came before the Arbitration Court to-day. A dispute arose regarding the Arawa industrial agreement. Counsel explained that it contemplated the possibility of overtime. The men, however, refused to work after 10 o'clock. In a recent case when butter was being loaded from the Corinna into the Arawa there remained at ten o'clock only -200 boxes, but the men refused to continue and, as it was .Saturday night, the butter had to remain in the shed till Monday. His Honor: Do you say casual laborers van be asked to go en longer than they feel inclined to? Counsel: Yes, once they have started. His Honor: If they do not, do you suggest it is a strike? Counsel: It is a strike, but so far as the employers are concerned we wish to have the question settled amicably. It was eventually agreed that a ease be stated for the interpretation of the court. g— " i i ii a
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1915, Page 2
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171A STRIKE? Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1915, Page 2
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