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OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT.

(Received March 12, 8.57 a.m.) LONDON, March 11. During the debate on Mr Hodges' amendment, the Unionists and some Radical Free-traders objected to the proposal / and endeavoured' to compel the official recognition of local trade union rates. They also insisted on the .present fair-wages claust?, because it opposed the principle of free trade, and the Government's system of placing contracts abroad, where lower wages were under no disability..

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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13909, 12 March 1909, Page 5

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OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13909, 12 March 1909, Page 5

OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13909, 12 March 1909, Page 5