INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES
MOST AMONG MINERS FACTORY EMPLOYMENT I (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Tuesday There were 70 industrial disturb- I ances in the year ended March 31, i 1940, compared with 68 in the pre- j vious year and 63 the year before, according to the annual report of the : Labour Department, which was presented in the House of Representatives today. Twenty-three of the disturbances were in the coal mining industry, the report adds, 14 in the waterfront industry, and 13 in the freezing industry. Dealing with apprentices, the report states that the number engaged in the more important trades is : 10,083. compared with 3329 in 1935, 8901 in 1931, and 10.277 in 1928 There has been a rapid increase since 1936. Through intervention by the de- ' partment’s officers, a total of £49,872 was collected on behalf of workers who had been underpaid the wages prescribed by awards. Further increases in the number | of workers employed in factories are shown, the figure having risen to i 129.488, compared with 123,723 in : 1938-39 and 123.601 in 1937-38. An interesting feature was the number I of new premises erected for factory i purposes, particularly those for larger factories.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21167, 17 July 1940, Page 2
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