BUILDERS' CONFERENCE .
(By Telegraph.-Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, Wednesday. The annual conference of the Master Builders' Association was concluded today. Among the resolutions passed were the following: —"That the attention of the Government b» drawn to the un« fairness of accident insurance policies on Government contracts being deposited." "That the attention of the local authorities be called to section 27 of the Municipal Corporations Act, by which the owners of irregular sections of land ate plated under great disabilities in building." "That the incoming committee should endeavour to get a clause inserted in the Arbitration Act, that awards just made should not apply to contracts in progress when the award is made." "That a copy of awards should be sent to employers before the awards come into force." "That the secretary of any industrial union should be a thoroughly competent man in the craft of which he is secretary." Mr C. E. George (Dunedin) was eleoted president; Mr N. King (Stratford), vice-president; Mr W. Jacques (Christchurch), permanent secretary; Messrs G. Simpson, J. Lunn, and the secretary to be the committee.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 228, 24 September 1903, Page 3
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