“MARKING TIME.”
STRIKE CERTAIN BEFORE LONG. PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, March 3. The General Labourers’ Union went about its work as usual to-day, and its officials “marked time” again as far as the deadlock with the city council and its employees is concerned. Members of the union seem quite of the opinion that a strike is certain before long. At a conference of delegates oi suburban local bodies with the city council, the Mayor of Auckland stated that he had received an unofficial request that the conference should hear’ a deputation from the Federation of Labour. The conference ‘ decided by 23 votes to 4 that it was unnecessary to receive the deputation. The delegates adopted the schedule of wages passed by the city council.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8053, 6 March 1912, Page 1
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