WORK AND WAGES.
[Bpioial to Pbxsb Association, j LONDON, Feb. 10. The ballot oE the Durham miners is adverse to a reduction in wages. [Pbß PSISS ABBOCIA.TION.] NAPIER, Feb. 10. One contractor under the County Council threw up his contract, forfeiting the depoait, and another had to nuk for an extension of time, owing to the difficulty in obtaining labour.
BOOT MACHINISTS' UNION. The half-yearly meeting of the Christchurch Boot Machinists' and Fitters' Union was held on Monday bvening, in the Temperance Hal], the President, Mr 31. Milligan, in the chair. There was a ' very large attendance of members. Correspondence waa received from the Dunedin branch, asking for the Union's opinion on several important questions. It was decided to elect a Special Committee to conaider the questions and report to the next ■general meeting. The half-yearly balancesheet of the local Union, which was very satisfactory, was read and adopted. Several applications were made for membership, and it was decided to admit the applicants at the usual entrance fee. Some matters of detail were attended to and the .meeting terminated.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7203, 11 February 1892, Page 4
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