WATERSIDE WORKERS.
STEVEDORES AND OVERTIME. (Received March 5, 10.20 p.m.) Melbourne, March 5. The stevedores have decided to work overtime. This clears the way for hearing the waterside workers' case in their demand for increased wages. Mr. Justice Higgins in adjourning the waterside workers' case on Monday congratulated the employers, the union leaders and, above all, -.he public that the threatened disaster had been averted. He said the shipowners had exercised a wise patience in not taking certain steps which would have precipitated a general struggle much greater than in the case of New Zealand. IRONWORKERS' ASSISTANTS. NO FRESH DEVELOPMENTS. Stdxet, March 5. ~ A mass meeting of ironworkers' assistants has been called for to-morrow' afternoon ; otherwise there are no fresh developments.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15550, 6 March 1914, Page 7
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