THE SUGAR STRIKE.
(Received August 15, 8.30 a.m.)
BRISBANE, August 15
The Conference sat till midnight. The Minister of Public Works then announced to the press representatives that the negotiations -were concluded, and that a form of agreement had been drafted, which, if approved, would be completed at noon to-day.; It is understood that the settlement, is orf a basis of a forty-eight hours; week, .overtime'ito be paid,only iiino hours. The settlement covers not onlv the sugar dispute, but any possibility of a dispute in the various callings represented by the delegates to the Conference. Field work is not touched in the agreement, the delegates withdrawing their demands. The delegates gave an undertaking that work would be resumed immediately.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1035, 16 August 1911, Page 3
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119THE SUGAR STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1035, 16 August 1911, Page 3
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