THREATENED MARITIME STRIKE.
♦ THE NEW ZEALAND ASPECT. SOME LOCAL OPINIONS. Recollecting the stirring times experienced in Wellington during the remarkable maritime strike of 1890, the people of the city were greatly interested and not a little concerned to-day on reading of the possibilities of another maritime struggle. When the seamen employed in the shipping-trade of New Zealand were before the Arbitration Court this year, they demanded an increase of wage by 10s per month, so as to bring their rate of pay on a level with that of the Australian seamen. That demand was not granted by the Court, and the New Zealand A.B.s and trimmers (£6 10s per month), greasers and firemen (£8 10s), donkeymen (£9 10s), and other sections of workers on board ship are receiving 10s less per week all round than those in the Australian trade. In the several interviews published below a statement of the case is given as it appeals to those interviewed : —
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 141, 11 December 1902, Page 6
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159THREATENED MARITIME STRIKE. Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 141, 11 December 1902, Page 6
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