WHAT THE MEN AGREED TO

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 30, 4 August 1917, Page 8

WHAT THE MEN AGREED TO

'■[■.-"In, viewwof' what has occurred," said []\&e Rt.,:Hbn. W. F. Massey to aPost ■>!reporter'this morning, "I consider it ad"ivjsable to publish the text of the agree- ; iment entered into between the parties ;vconcerned." . It Teads as follows: — :'* Prime Minister's Office, .:'' ..Wellington, Ist August, 1917. N'lWellington Gas Works Dispute: Terms ' ■•' • of Settlement. .' ■ [] (1) Eight men to be taken back at ■'oHce {thrie. as firemen and the rest as • vaTdmen) in order of seniority, and in '. the-meantime at the respective wages for 'the-positions now paid by the Wellington '"Gas Company, Ltd. Tho others to have .preference in order of senority up .to a ;, period oi sis months from this date. The, Minister of Public Works to find em: : ployment iii the city of WelbjQgton or ' its. neighbourhood for any of the men not ■' ,taken back b* the. company. ■ : (2) The following matters to be re- ., ferred to arbitration by, Mr. Justice ;; Stringer, ■ or, failing him, some other •/Judge of the Supreme Court:— ' ; ■, (a) The rate of wages to be paid to the '„|..'.. retort hands; and. ■ • ,■• ..i '(b)The conditions of labour in the reiJ,...... tort-houso in. connsctipn with fu--1 ■ ture employment. .' '■„■■ . •■ „ „ —W. F. Massey (Prime MinisJteE)^ C., Prendergast-Knight (Chairman iirf'DrcectorS WelKngtbn Gas Company, ■ «-Std'4, Lewis- Glover (President Wellingt r£on'.Waterside Workers' Union), J. Har- ;'' risiifoi 1.. the retort hands):