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tion is that there are good stocks of coal on hand in nearly all the ports, so that city services can be maintained. The local Gas Company has 7400 tons in hand This will last for threp months.* The Kakapo has 1200 tons of State\oal from Greymouth on board but she is held up at Lyttelton. The railways also have good coal supplies on hand - gource0 f the Trouble. The trouble has arisen in consequence of the recent award of the Arbitration Court reducing wages by 3os 8d per month in accordance with the movement in the cost of living and affectmg alterations in wofkinjj which obtained previously under the old that the shipnmg companies must stand firm They as well as the seamen and firemen are bound by the award.. One result of the action of the officials is that -preference to unionists may bo abolished. The seamen's award pro•videa that preference shall be given to members of the union "only if and so Tone as the Union shall not order, encourage, aid or abet any strike, job Irmtrol or obstruction of any kind or togirdVy decision of the Disputes Smittee on any question of manning orXr matter referred to it,_ or do anything to defeat the provisions of this award."

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