RAILWAY SERVANTS' WAGES
A DEMAND FROM OAMARU. (By TeJesraTiii - "ri"r »»»«. inti<i» Oamaru, February 16. A largely-attended special meeting of Oamaru members of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was held at the Railway Hall to-night. The meeting was called to discuss the cost of living, and a demand for an increase in wages. 'The following resolution was unanimously carried: "That while in sympathy with the Palmerston North resolution, we consider that owing to the abnormal increase in the cost of living the Government should be asked to take immediate steps to cope with same, failing this, nothing less than 2s. increase per day be demanded, otherwise the executive be asked to take immediate and drastic action."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 6
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116RAILWAY SERVANTS' WAGES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 6
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