LABOR DISPUTES.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) - Auckland, last night. The mining dispute was opened before the Conciliation Court. The owners in their-case claimed that 48 hours should bo a week’s work for surfaco hands. The increased wages, demanded would bo disastrous to the industry, the whole of the expenditure, with one or two exceptions, being provided by calls. They asked the Union to withdraw the allegation of terrorism. The Union representatives declined, but the remark re general terrorism was withdrawn.
Dunedin, last night. The Arbitration Court dealt with the plasterers’ dispute to-day, decision being reserved. Tho dispute was. narrowed down almost to the question of wages. A start was made with the carters’ dispute. The employers’ objections to the Conciliation Board’s recommendations are principally on two points—(l) Excessive competition of carriers who employ no labor; (2) Conditions of work being such that time could not be limited as proposed, but must suit the arrivals and departures of steamers and trains.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 110, 18 May 1901, Page 2
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