WORK AND WAGES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9210, 13 April 1908, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

♦ [Per Press Association.] HASTINGS, April 13. This morning the Hastings bakers' carters, eleven in. number, struck for better pay. The strikers state that they have been receiving forty-two shillings a week of fifty-four hours, but more often than not worked sixty hours. They claim fifty shillings and overtime. They met on Saturday night and decided to strike if their demands were not acceded to. No reply has been received from the employers. WANGANUI, April i 3. The Conciliation Board sat this morning to hear the general labourers' pute as affecting local bodies and con, tractors. The employers, considering that there were no local, demands for increased wages, and, therefore, no dispute, did not appear, but several were subpoenaed by the Board, and gave evidence. The chairman said that it did not matter whether the dispute affected the local contractors. It originated in Wellington, the industrial district, and, therefore, had to be heard as affecting the whole district. Several workers' representatives also gave evidence.. The Board adjourned to Palmerston, and will afterwards sit at other centres,,