TRAWLERS' OVERTIME.
A TRADE WITH EXIGENCIES.
[St TELEGRWH.— ASSOCIATION.! ..' Dunedin', % Sunday. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr. HaselJen heard a case in which the.inspector of awards sued the Uneeda Trawling Company for £10, as a penalty for a breach of the Dunedin trawlers' award, in employing four men lor more than 70 hours in the week ended May 12, and failing to pay the prescribed overtime , rates. The men were paid for 70 hours, whereas it was maintained by the Labour Department that they were entitled to be paid for 72 hours. During that week it was foggy, and the weather ; curtailed the trawling. Mr. j.C. Stephens, for the defence, said that, In view of the exigencies of such a business, a wide interpretation should be given to the clause allowing time to be deducted for special circumstances, such as the breakdown of machinery, during which the men were idle. It might happen that. the weather would prevent any trawling being done for days. The evidence showed that during the Week the net was lost,!and the vessel got ashore for a time. 'The case stands partly v heard.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 8
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188TRAWLERS' OVERTIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 8
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