SHEARERS’ WAGES.
SHEEPOWNERS FIRM
(BY TELEGRAPH —PREBS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 29.
The general impression is that sheepowners will i-esist the attempt to increase shearing rates, but 1m official
statement is available, as the legal position is being considered. The point is whether, if men do not offer for work, it will constitute a strike, or whether there can be no strike till men have actually begun work.
JA previous message stated that the men had been advised not to accept the present rate of 25s per 100 and to demand 30s.]
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 September 1924, Page 5
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