CRITICISM OF COURT
< AT A LABOUR BALLY.
1 " The Arbitration Court would not allow the seamen's advocate,^ Mr. W, T. Young, to put before it the financial position of the P. and 0. Co., the Union Co., and the Northern Steamship C 0.," said Mr. A. L. Monteith, at last night's Labour rally. " This means that it does not nutter whether the employers are reaping a harvest or not, the workers must get; a decraase in wages," The speaker quoted from the finding of the Royal Commission, in 1912, as indicating that the public would be charged higher rates for passages and freights if increases were granted to seamen. When an increase of £1 per month was granted, the members on the s.s. Maori benefited to the extent of £960 per annum, but higher rates brought ■in an additional £2535 per annum.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 122, 20 November 1922, Page 8
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142CRITICISM OF COURT Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 122, 20 November 1922, Page 8
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