NOT CONCILIATED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1423, 25 April 1912, Page 7

NOT CONCILIATED.

T\V(> r.\<i;S I'lil! Till-; COI'TCT. Ah in.lii-id-iil <li-|iut<> liclivwii l)u> di-ni-i'i--" I'liimi anil tin- master Klolcrs of Wellington was investigated liy the. Om-i-iliatioii (omuiis-ioner. Mr. 1 , , llally. and a Conciliation ijniiii-il y.'-tcnhiy. The iKii'-iinx fur tin- union were Mes-rs. T. Slpvi-ii-iiii, 1.. Williaiii-on, anil 1 , . W. I'liiiiiie.ry, and icii' Die employers Messrs. W. Campbell, 11. Win-dell, and I!. A. SoiiK. .Mr. (■;. .1. Carey appeared a? iigcnt fur llii> ii()i)]iciin< union, ami Mr. W. A. W. <)ienl>il I'm- tlie employers. The union allied fur a ."ii lunus" week, instead uf :,i hour-,. They asked also for a clas.-iiiraliim of workers into four different yrades, with wages ranging from 12 w<. to .1:1 per week, instead iif the present weekly «a«e of ,C 2 'is. They asked al<o for a. limitation of apprentices and llml Ilio.-n lie indentured for a period of four years, at wage-; from 12s. fid. to :I.K per week. This m-iiiunds also contained a preference ..lau<o. Practically all Hio claims wore objeeled to liy (ho einplovers, on who.-a Ijchiilf Mr. W. A. W. Oi'eiifell submitted counter-proposal--. ]n effect tho counterproposals were, in terms of (.he old award. All I In , ileiiK pinhoilied in tho claims wero by the council, but no agreement was arrived at, and as a consequence the cost will be referred to the Arbitration Court for settlement. Mr. Hally has just returned from a, tour of the provincial towns of tho district, in which he presided at sittings _of the Conciliation Council which had in hand tho iron and brass moulders' dispute. It was found impossible to come to any settlement in any single centre, and last evening tho council met; in Wellington to put the caso in shape for reference to the Arbitration Court.