ENGINEERING TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 188, 9 August 1924, Page 11

ENGINEERING TRADE.

NON-PAYING SHOPS. OFFER FROM THE UNIONS. (By Telegraph.—FreM Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The hearing of the application for a \ Dominion award in the engineering trade i was continued at the Arbitration Court J to-day. Mr. Booth, of Booth, Mac Donald | and Co., cross-examined, said that dump- | ■ ing from America had noi been so bad , 'of" recent years, but it had happened ! that Americans had not cut prices. If I i the union's demands were granted I I the industry could not carry on. j Referring to the offer by the unions to i takn over the works, witness said he ! was quite prepared to make tiiis offer ■ to them. "If they aro prepared to run the Booth-MaeDonald shops profitably we are •juite prepared to enter into negotiations with them at once. If the ' men took them over quite probably they ' could make them pay where we can't." i Mr. Bromley said the Amalgamated ' Society of Engineers was quite prepared : ;to take , over Niven'fl Wellington shop,; ! and pny a fair rental on the real value? lof the buildings, and pay wages land work the hours they were asking ! for in Hie present claim:*. : I Mr. Barber said his offer to Mr. Booth | j referred to the moulding shop. I I