LABOUR MATTERS
- -o RAILWAYMEX’S CLAIMS. V, ELLINGTON, January 13. The Government, it is understood. Las agreed to the appointment of a board to investigate the claims made by the various branches of the railway service for increased wap-s on account of alterations in the cost of living', which the men claim have taken place since tlm present wages schedule ivrs determined, The board will be on similar lines to those which previously conducted inquiries into the pay and conditions of the different branches of the service. STEAMER’S CREW’S COMPLAINT. AUCKLAND. January 13. The firemen and crew of the steamer Taluue, which was due to sail for the. Eastern Pacific at 4 p.m. to-morrow, gave 24 hours’ notice at about noon to-day. The men complain of their quarters, which, they say, are insufficiently ventilated in hot weather, and they wish to be moved to the deck abiry.e,
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Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 20
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146LABOUR MATTERS Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 20
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