ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION.
[per press association.! Wellington, Last night, Tbe Arbitration Court sat to-day Ho consider the breaches of award against the master butchers. I The Court reserved its decision in the case against one butcher of having employed a boy over nineteen years of age for a week after the award came into force at less than the schedule wage. Several charges against the Gear Company were called on, but were withdrawn, being trivial. The question was whether boys engaged in ridin? out and general work sliould be rated as boys or general hands. Judgment was also reserved in other cases arising out of the employment of boys, the point being whether boys' were to be put on a leveL with men. The president expressed the opinion in one case that the effect would be to put men on a level with boys. _ . For having employed a non-unionist to drive his cart without first consulting the unemployed register, a working butcher was fined ss.
The Tin Plate and Sheet Metal Workers' Union have filed a reference to the Conciliation Board for an inquiry into a dispute with their employers.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9294, 23 July 1901, Page 4
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