LOCAL BODIES.
DRIVERS’ DISPUTE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oet. 4. The Conciliation Council considering the New Zealand local body drivers’ dispute sat all day on Saturday. Although some clauses were agreed on, no agreement was reached on the hours of work and wages. At the request of the employees’ assessor an adjournment until October 20 was taken. The respondents include borough and county ' council, town, roads, river, drainage, harbour and electric-power boards. The scope of the award is to be Northern Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. It was agreed that casual employees receive a minimum of four consecutive hours’ pay, that overtime be worked only in- emergency, and be paid at the rate of time and a-half.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 5
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121LOCAL BODIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 5
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