WATERSIDE DISPUTE.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, May 15. The watereiders who worked yesterday on ths Union Company’s steamers Jpoolta, Waikouaiti and Kaikorai refused re-engage-mont this morning on the grounds that they had been discharged at noon yesterday iib a mark of respect for the Prime Minister, and were not paid for the half day, n conformity with what wae done by the other companies. The union officials say tJiat the men have ali been willing to stand by for half an hour without pay.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 139, 16 May 1925, Page 5
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84WATERSIDE DISPUTE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 139, 16 May 1925, Page 5
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