LABOR IN THE SOUTH.
NEW UNIONS FORMED. A DISPUTE SETTLED OUT OF COURT. Pre6S Association. TIMARU, March 13. Mr. E. Howard, the president of the Christchurch General Laborers’ Union, and Mr. Jas. Thorne addressed a well attended meeting to-night, and as a result founded a union of wool and grain stores workers, as a branch of the Christchurch General Laborers’ Union. Waterside workers were present, and were advised to organise separately. The dispute between the contractors and sub-contractors for the first section of the underground drainage works came before the Magistrate’s Court to-day, on a claim by the latter for £192 for extra woi'k in tunnelling for the main drain. After some evidence had been taken, the case was settled out of Court.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2139, 14 March 1908, Page 2
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123LABOR IN THE SOUTH. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2139, 14 March 1908, Page 2
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