THE RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD.
&. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 7. At the meeting of the Railway Classification Appeal Board this morning, it was stated that the permanent wharf porters at Lyttelton when working at i night did not receive overtime pay until ! they had by working day or night made jup forty-eight hours work a week. It ! was stated that the plan had been ordered by the Premier with the object of more evenly distributing the work. The appellants stated that the system pressed unfairly on them, and that they were not allowed time off on the days succeeding the nights on wbich they had to work. One said that he had been continuously on duty from midnight to 5 p.m. next day. Mr T. M. Fowke established his claim to be senior railway guard m the colony, having been appointed m that capacity on April Ist, 1872.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2646, 8 March 1898, Page 2
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148THE RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD. Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2646, 8 March 1898, Page 2
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