LABOUR.
TliE SICVMENS DISPUTE
Per Press Association.
DUNEDIN. February 6In the Aibitrotion Court t<<<by in the seamen's dispute, Mr? 1 W. Belcher, secretary of the union, continued hi* address, and hai not concluded when the Court ros« lor the day. He reviewed the erv dencc exhaustively and contended thai the hours were too long, that Jbc men wet* entitled to the privileges asked iuT. and to an increase in wage*. In the owimtM bis remarks Mr Belcher wiA that from information he had leceived from Acslnlis, he judged tiat !»efore long there wcrnJd be a move among seamen, cot only to pel an increase in wages, but to fccare improvement in the conditions of their wmk.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12897, 7 February 1906, Page 5
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116LABOUR. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12897, 7 February 1906, Page 5
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