WORK AND WAGES.
About a dozen man left the works i’t Broken liber yesterday morning. There were, however, no important developments yesterday. The men’s attitude wffl not l» definitely known until Monday, when the Public Works Department will (according to announced intention) reintrodooe the contract system on the basis of Is 3d per truck. Mr W. A. Grenfell, secretary of the New Zealand Federated Bufidorc and Contractors’ Association, whose headquarters are at Wellington, has received word from Brisbane that competent briddayeiß con secure in Queensland a run of six months’ wodc at 12s a day of eight hours. Mr Grenfell said he had been inundated with letters from bricklayers in all parts of the Dominion asking for the above particulars, and the writers expressed themselves anxious to try Queensland. Mr Grenfell considers it inadvisable for a large number of men to go until word has been received regarding the extent of the work offering.
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Evening Star, Issue 14001, 6 March 1909, Page 8
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154WORK AND WAGES. Evening Star, Issue 14001, 6 March 1909, Page 8
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