CARPENTERS' CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 269, 12 November 1937, Page 9

CARPENTERS' CASE.

EMPLOYEES' EVIDENCE. OXEROUS NATURE OF WORK. With J\e conclusion of the hearing of the en;#<eers' dispute, the third application, that or the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners' (Waihi branch) I'nion, was begun. Mr. Roberts called evidence before he made any subntiftttiorifl. His first witness was William Cecil Kdwards, a carpenter who had been for 2tl years with the Martha Company at Waikino. The work at the battery, witness said, was disagreeable, and in the treatment plant they had to conlend with sand, dirt and cyanide, which was hard on tools. Tools at the bat ery had about one third the life of those used on an ordinary job. Carpenters at the mine, witness maintained. should be paid at ft higher rate than those working outside. He maintained, also, that youths should not be employed at the battery. possible for youfhs to learn the trade because there' was not the variety of work. Questioned by Mr. Milligan, witness said that the company, in some eases, paid an extra rate of 3d an . l ,ou ' .. allowance, Mr. Milligan said, was tool money. , As far as the youths were witness told Mr. Milligan that they should be bound" in appre n t.ce*h.pand ilint. tliey should get all the g iruining at the mine. (Proceeding.)