It is not generally known that there is tliormal activity on W lialt'island, whore eight persons were recently marooned through the launch Scout breaking away. They found several steam vents. By digging into the sand on the foreshore it was possible to get; hot water. Compulsory military camp training has recently been the subject of discussion, by the council ol the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. The points reviewed were the disabilities suffered by employers in being compelled to pay wages, such as in the ease of apprentices, but especially if undergoing additional camp training as a penalty lor not having attended evening ot half-day parades which ordinarily would come out of an employe’s dime and not out of an employer’s time. The Now Zealand Employers’ Federation, which had been communicated with on the matter, stated it had pursued efforts for relief during the past four years, and had been successful in securing payment by the Defence Department amounting to 4s per day, but so far had been unsuccessful in obtaining the right lor employers to deduct. The iederation was making further representations to the Government on the matter.
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Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1131, 20 June 1927, Page 4
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