LABOUR ON SHIPS.
■ A'*,-■■■ ! i AN' INCONGLUSiVE CONFERENCE.' • .HIGHER WAGES CONCEDED. ■ Tho oonfcrenco between tho shipping com- ■ panics of Now jZeaJaiid' aiicl reprtisentitivos ' 'of; the New! Zealand.ibralich -'of ~th'o Australasian /Federated'. Seamen's Union, which/was ' held in Wellington 011 Wednesday and Thurs- - day, tlio. Hon. J. A. Millar presiding, 'did ', nofc result.in a settlement of all; the points in -■ dispute, i Tho, proceedings were conducted . .in camera,; but it is 'understood- that 1 , the shipping companies have agreed to tho in- . ■ croaso in .wages; asked.: for by ; . tho namely, 10s. a'month all round. No agreeV; iriant has to in rega'rd to payment for'ovortimo and certain other matters. -The points still'at.issuo will bo submitted - ; by the representatives : of tho Seamen's ■ Union;-'to.'t.hct'members of thor "Union; -If they agree W' offered by tho companies, tho Wholo of the conditions will be embodied in one document,: and the Arbitration Court .■ • . will bo : asked to givo it the. forco of an award to'ta';o tho placo- of tho current awiird, which 7 expires on April. 1. '■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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169LABOUR ON SHIPS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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