TAILORS' DISPUTE.
By Telegraph-Press Association. WELLINGTON, September 1. It was reported to the Arbitration Court today that as the result of conferences concerning the tailors' dispute an agreement had been reached in regard to the log. The points now unsettled were in reference to the number of apprentices to be employed, prohibition of apprentices in regard to pressing payment for holidays, and the fixing of a minimum weekly wage. The Union asked for £3 per week in place of £2 15s now paid. The emplovers' representative remarked on the scarcity of apprentices. Evidence will be taken by the "Court regarding the points in dispute.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9181, 2 September 1908, Page 5
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104TAILORS' DISPUTE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9181, 2 September 1908, Page 5
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