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THE STRIKE ON THE CLYDE. : United ! Press Association—Per Electric ; ; '" Telegraph—Copyright. ,; LONDON, October 26. „ A joint conference to discuss the- Clyde ship-building trouble proved abortive, -and the strike continues. BUILDING TROUBLE IN MELBOURNE. . MELBOURNE, October 27. The building trade employees intend to enforce theirdemand for a forty-four hours week, from November Ist. 'The Master Builders' Association has decided to resist the demand 1 . ' ; " SEAMEN'S. WAGES IN NEW ZEALAND. r 1 .. - ' ' ' DUNEDIN, October 27. Seen by a " Stat" representative, Mr Belcher, secretary to the Seamen's , Union, -said that the officers of the Union iicew - nothing about, the matter of the alleged pending strike. He blames the newspaj>ers for putting ideas Into the seamm's heads. All that was done was to as"k the ship-owners for an increase in wages to bring the New Zealand men up to the Australian level. The request had been declined by several companies.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13118, 29 October 1906, Page 5
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146LABOUR. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13118, 29 October 1906, Page 5
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