COST OF LIVING.
DEMAND FOR INCREASED WAGES. < h.’istchureli. March 21. The hoik i maker.-, plumbers, ami ca.-liiters. iron and brass moulders, and eoachbiiihlers’ unions have apt'ie'd f* t h « Arbitration Court for an 11up-> or bonuses on account of the increased cost of living. The i-mplnvers have objected to accepting the Wellington award tn flic phimberf; and gasfitters cas saying th a' W'ellmgton is the most vostlv plan- 1 tn the countrv and wages are naturally high there. The pre sidmit said hi l would ask the Go venmmnt statistician to attend the court here ami give statistics show i'ig)he increa v<! e ; ..--t ~f living l n ('bristebiireb.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 82, 21 March 1919, Page 5
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109COST OF LIVING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 82, 21 March 1919, Page 5
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