PLUMBERS' DISPUTE.
(press association* telegram.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Giving evidence in the Dominion plumbers' dispute, before the Arbitration Court, Mr George George, director of Technical Education at Auckland, stated that he did not think one per cent, of the apprentices in the plumbing trado eouid pass the examination at the end of their apprenticeship unless they received special instruction, such as was given in tho Technical Schools. The only substitute for evening classes was day training, under which boys would not be tired out, aa at present, after eight hours' work. In Munich, where all the apprentices up to 18 years of age wero required to attend classes, the'system had turned out most successfully, being heartily approved by the employers, who at first opposed the introduction of tho system. Mr Grenfell, dealing with the Union's claim that the plumbers should be paid more than carpenters, pointed out that plumbers had more continuous regular employment than the carpenters.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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