THE WELLINGTON CARPENTERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 5

THE WELLINGTON CARPENTERS.

THEIR UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. PRESS COMMENTS RESENTED. •WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Before commencing the proceed vgs at the Conciliation Council thi? morning- one of the representative- 1 - cf the Carpenters' and Joiners Union, Mr J. Barras, stated tha.t Ik had been instructed by the Union to bring; before the Council the matte' of the "Dominion" newspaper mjk ag comment in the form of a leading ar.ticle upon some business still er tjaginor the attention of the CounciJ He referred to~and read the paper ': comments respecting the utterance: c£ Commissioner Halley having : reference to tfce ciaim lor wages ar.c hours, and said he considered it ur fair that a newspa-per should hav«. commented in the maner ii had. After some di-scussion it agreed by the majority of the Conn oil present that the matter be referred to the Labour Department b\ letter, asking it to take the necesary steps to rectify such an occm

icnee. The representatives of thi employees voted on one side and th»employers' deputies on.the other, ani; tire Commissioner decided the matte: by voting with the former. Oii Friday last,, when the dispute v/as first heard, Mr Hally said he considered that the claims of th. Union for a week of 40 hours ami an increase of wages from Is 4d 'u R£j 8d an J h©ur were' unreasonable:-