SHIPPING TROUBLE
HEAVY PENALTIES FOR '•>..' HIKING. AGREEMENT UNSIGNED; (Received May 6, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 6. The agreement between the shipping companies and the wharf labourers, drawn up at the conference held in January, has not- been sign«l by the President of the Wharf Labotuers' Union, because it provides heavy penalties for. striking. The action of the president ; n refusing to sign the agreement, was endorsed by ,a mass meeting of the in«n. It-'is stated that- there is no present intention, of "'striking, but the .men refuse to give up their right to do so. SIX HOURS DAY WANTED. (Received May ■'>, 9.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, Mnv 6. Speakers at the' Eight Honr Der.ionstratioiJ dinner declared that the time liad arrived to seek a six hours' d-ij.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10629, 7 May 1912, Page 5
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125SHIPPING TROUBLE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10629, 7 May 1912, Page 5
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