CARRIERS AND FARRIERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 6

CARRIERS AND FARRIERS.

EARLY MORNING SHOEING.

! When the dispute filed by the Auckland j Farriers and Blacksmiths' Union came ; before the Arbitration Court yesterday ' afternoos it was explained that the onlypoint in dispute was a demand by a number of master carriers, who had been joined as parties, that farriers in their employ should be allowed (as hitherto) ito work before T. 30 a.m. (the award starting time) without receiving double 1 rates. In support of the contention, Mr. ,S. E. Wright, who appeared for the ! Master Carriere' Association, called representatives of J. J. Craig, Ltd., Winstone, Ltd., and A. B. Wright, Ltd., all of whom staoted that it was necessary for their men to shoe as many horses as possible before the day's work commenced. The men received time and a-half, and were worked only the 47-hour week provided for in the award, and their early start was compensated for by the fact that they stopped work earlier.

Mr. A. Rosscr, for the union, pointed out that owing to the interval for breakfast this pain was not as large as it seemed. He called Mr. George Wilkinson, president of the Auckland Master Farriers' Association, and several other witnesses, who gave evidence that a good deal of work was done for the carriers daring the daytime, and that the blacksmiths in the employ of the latter competed with the regular smiths by taking in outside work. The early start gave them more time in which to do this. So far as the master farriers were concerned, very little work was done before 7.30 a.m. The Court reserved its decision.