ARBITRATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 9

ARBITRATION COURT.

' TWO AWARDS I //.//'(BY^iTELEafiirH^piiESS^UsspclAT^N.')'\. Duncdln, March 30 ' The' iArbitratibn.'.Court'sH'award'■; in '; the •mustorers'- disputo.. provided- that musterors ibel.paid inot..less';,than'(los. : :: per. clay 'if.'.on-. ;gaged"'%jl^ : , : thaii ; . > i».iTOek > ''and V£2-8?/ per. weck/.or/mbfe, .'•"■•VKttoVadditional 1 payment.'in the latter icasa,of .10s;. for Sufl'day'. .mustering: y"';Musterers. are,' : to .bo'. w paid-.105. : . ■per.-day. 1 for • snpw-rakirig."; 'Regular- fariri or .station.,' hands ! '.'engaged ' -in ''.'.teusteiarig . occa-; ;MoMUy;;:-.arer,-.-not.;-'ajhjpbi's ! :'ti' Z'ltlfe'/award? Youths may. bo .cmiployod as learners at not /less ; than '"tho. ■ follbiViiig.^ratei : . ; '.p!us, (.'board', and .'lodging year/.'l7s; Bd. pel - week second,'.'-Msy Gd-:'/ The'proportion//of- learners Co-. adult mustorers' is .to be ''.not- 'more /than 'one'toifour. Whero/reasoriably''practicable,'; .•musterers//shall..bo'. ; p'fpyided//withug dry , h'ills&provisipn'tb/b'o ; mado for. .'the Zprbtectibit/ofybed-. ' ding; from wot. Provision , ; is. made-against" discrimination. l against ■.'Unionists;- The award/ / conies ;into/,force. 011: May- 4 j<,'aiid-' liSs' 11 cur- • rehcy//o'f;/two/yearsi . .'Tlio: Union - asked '.fori j',an/''awajd;.,for...shopH'erdsvalso ) .:,but' ; 'did"lnbt':prove'ariy ; .necessity fori'3Uch-iaWard, :! br. fiir-i-nish" material on/which an 'awtrd' cbuld bo; /.based,, so :,th6 . Coilrt.decided not to .deal.'with' *'tho. subject. '/ 'Vy'"/?;; .'/■: The' in;disputo .between; Otago' and . Southland ■;Gold--'i Minors'.'.' Industrial/ Union' of/Workers and. ; tlio ißound'.Hill Mining'Coni l .' /pariy; aild .QurawbrayQold, Mining 'Company, provides: for;/eight-liour, shifts'.iand-' the- following v .minimum, / rates •of '.wages Claim ' hands;,and. .'racemen,'is/. .per;,Jiour;i-i'v,black-' smithsj/Js/rpe'i shift. /Tho wage's -mow' paid by tKp'illound ;-Hi!l .Company;,to' v.acemen -in l excess y of; tbo (/raije. fixed... 'aro / not to - be : re : . duced.;during,/the. currency,: 6f'Zthe i'awardi iO.vbrtimo'iforp'Sundays and .holidays' is ; to ibe' ; paid iis.fixed by ..the Mining. Act Amendment. Act, /19u6. : - ; Youths, may. be employed at notless,, than the 1 / following : ; rateslß' to' 20 years', / Cs,/.per/-shift,',- SO.;to;;21 'years', 7s;per /shift. ;V-£rbvisipii : is for .under-rate. workerßii'!and' , 'for preferonco; to .Unionists; provided ;'tho . Union adnjits ,;to f membership witbpUfc.K'b'allot. persons,, of ...good .character, ■ 'bii/tociitranco./fee , not , more than, ,ss; and- a. contribution not 'oxcbeding Gd.: per week: This / clnusb ./will; not, .fment of ,tlie/:presont . workers who/ may not /•Kb,!'. Unionists. ; Tho . award /•comes- info force.. 011 April,l3,, and continues for, one, year...