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LIMIT UNDER NEW LAWS QUESTION OF VARIATION SPECIAL COURT SITTING COMMENCEMENT ON JUNE 22 * [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDJN, Thursday It is understood that upon the measures relating to the Factories Act and Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act recently before Parliament becoming law, the Court of Arbitration proposes to hold a special sitting in Wellington to consider applications by occupiers of factories for an extension of the hours fixed by the Factories Amendment Act. In conjunction with such applications, it is stated, the Court proposes also to hear applications under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act for the amendment of existing awards and industrial agreements by reducing the number of working hours to those enumerated in the Statute. The special sitting of tho Court is expected to be commenced in Wellington on Monday, June 22. Ihe question of fixing the basic wage under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act will, it is understood, be dealt with at a special sitting of the Court in Wellington at a later date.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22431, 29 May 1936, Page 10
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175HOURS OF WORK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22431, 29 May 1936, Page 10
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