TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND; March 14. Enquiries from the Auckland seed merchants revealed the fact that grass stocks, with the exception of rye grass, are almost bare. The demand, moreover, is stated to be three times'as much as in former years. The chief rise in prices is in cocksfoot, ;the wholesale cost being 15s lOd fso-.b. from the South. DUNEDIN, March 12. It is understood that the New Zealand Employers' Federation has decided to bring a test case in connection with the Labour Department's interpretation of Clause 14 of the Factories Act, 1907. The Department, has construed the clause as meaning weekly employment, no deduction being made from wages,. whether the whole week is worked or not, whereas the employers contend the full week must, be worked before the worker is entitled to the wages stipulated, save in case of statutory holidays for women and boys. The case will probably be heard at Wellington shortly
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8534, 14 March 1908, Page 5
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157TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8534, 14 March 1908, Page 5
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