ARBITRATION COURT.
WELLINGTON BAKERS' DISPUTE. [BY TELtCRAPH. — ASSOCIATION'.] N Wellington, Thursday. The Arbitration Court delivered its award to-day in the bakers' dispute, Wellington industrial district}. Special provisions; are contained in the award with regard to the Hawke's Bay provincial district, which were agreed on by the union and the representatives of the Napier and Hastings employers. The, hours of work in. the city of Wellington, which includes the area within a, radius of five miles of the chief post office in the city of Wellington, have been left at 51 hours, as in the last award, and the wages of the several classes of workers have been increased : by 3s per week. In all other pails of the industrial district the hours of work have been reduced to 48 hours per week, but the wages have not been increased. This reduction in hours was agreed to by the Napier and Hastings employers, but was resisted by the employers in Wanganui and Palmerston North.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13762, 29 May 1908, Page 5
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