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SHEARESR' AWARD.

PAYMENT BY WEEK OB HOUR? CASE IN" ARBITRATION COURT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Arbitration Court was asked tony o decide whether the employer or .Pennine whether 11 . /T payment by the week or by the hour, whether the £^TT, t i d,a ? c , ontinuo » n til the shed or aim of the sheds cuts out. The Court was also asked if it would " !t bieacli of the Wellington District (Shearers' and Shed Hands' Award, 19"0 f shearing were to be carried on between 4,;)0 p.m. on Saturdays and 5 a.m. on Monday*. With regard to shearing on Sundays <• 2 of the award fixed the hours of fiheflring from r> a.m. to f! p.m., or from b.M a.id, to 5,30 p.m. The claused did Hot refer to Sunday. It fixed times, not days. The only stipulation contained in rujim 2 of tJu: award was that work on Saturdays must cease not later than 4 p.m, instead of fi p.m, or fi.liO p.m. as on any other day. His Honour (said the Court would take time to consider the matter,

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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 8

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SHEARESR' AWARD. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 8

SHEARESR' AWARD. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 8