ARBITRATION COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 67, 18 March 1908, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT.

(By Telegraph.—Press Aasoclatlon.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. To-day fines were imposed as follows in connection with breaches of the carpenters and joiners' awards:—Howie and .Matthews, employing an unindentured apprentice, £2 and costs j R. Wakelin and j Sons, similarly charged, £2, and costs. lA. Wilkening, for employing a man at [underrate wages without a permit, £5; IJ. W. Chapman Taylor, employing a I youth for a longer period of probation | than was provided for without being duly I apprenticed, £2 and costs; executors of j Hart Udy, similarly charged, £2 and I costs; H. Young, employing a man with- | out a permit at less than the award rate, L£s. and costs., .(the workman concerned 1 was fined 10/ for failing to have a permit) ; H. Crump, employing an apprentice not duly indentured, £2 and costs; E. S. Knight, failing to allow a discharged emI ployee two hours to put his tools in order, £1; C. Smith, breach of the tailors' award in connection with provisions relating to bespoke work, £5. "The New Zealand Times" was charged with employing ! certain feeders at making-Teady on jobs ! contrary to the provisions of the typographical award, and was fined £3 "and costs. C. M. Bankß and Co., similarly ; charged in respect to the letterpress machinists' award, were fined £5 and costs. ;H. D. Crawford, for fai"ng to observe , the preference clause of the general labourers' award, was fined £3 and costs. THE BAKERS' AWARD. A novel point concerning the bakers' award came before the Arbitration Court yesterday for interpretation, when J. and jE. Towersey were charged— (1) With breaking lhe award by paying a less rate of pay than provided for; and \2) with failing to give "dry pay." The respondents, who were pastrycooks, and were not under any award, make a small quantity of bermaline bread and milk loaves daily. It was contendea by the union that this brought them within scope of the award. His Honor said the question seemed to have caused very little trouble for the last 16 or 17 'years. After this period it seemed scarcely worth while to have raised the point, as the present award was just about to run out. The best thing would be to mow it to stand oyer until the hearing of the industrial dispute, and the parties would probably be able to come to some agreement in the meantime. This conr.e was agreed