STRIKES IN NEW ZEALAND
I Per Unii£d Press Association.] VrELLJXOTOX, June o. ln reference lo the statements attributed to Mr l'\ M. It. Fisher m England Thai '' strikes wero mom frequent in New Zealand than in any oilier country/' .Mr F. V»'. Rowley, Secretary for Labor, says that between .viaroil 81, 1917, and tho corresponding date in 191S there were 27 strikes ia t!d.s_ country. _ Many <A : them had been trivial, involving no inoro than a tew hours' cessation of work. Twelve <v--i>s
had boon .serious, and had given ii-.; to proceedings under the War Regulations or Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Ouite a number or claims had boon in connection villi demands for increased wages to meet the high cost of living. Strikes in the year 1916-17 had numbered six:. Mr Mas.soy said he could not understand why Mr Fisher had ventured the the opinion quoted, when the frequency of strikes in both Australia nnd tho United States was well known.
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Evening Star, Issue 17062, 5 June 1919, Page 6
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162STRIKES IN NEW ZEALAND Evening Star, Issue 17062, 5 June 1919, Page 6
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