LABOUR CONFERENCES. SHEARERS AND PAINTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 74, 30 March 1910, Page 8

LABOUR CONFERENCES. SHEARERS AND PAINTERS.

The Labour Conferences in the shape of two a6»einblii{L, r eh oi delegate* reprelenttng the painttrn and the *hear u rd of New Zealand continued t'>eir d»'lilji»ratioii» to-day. In neither c.>«i' were pi weeding)) open Lo the pie.-.-. Among the many Mtbject* for di.cu.-.-iou on the order puper ol the Shearer*' Confetence were : — The establishment of a Labour paper under the guidance of thcFederated SihraierV executive; th« re-introduc-tion of the .iiiKMidetl Shejicrit' Accommodation Bill iv it> original form of two f-es-Mon* ago; tlie running of candidate* vi the next general elpc-tionn ; the imlu-ioti of cook«, t-hedhandf), and u*hcr employees iv the award; the jxc-n-cnil (jtiotion of Hie co*t of living, with MiUftefctioni' for iiee brcukfa^L table; tension of Cu-lonii duties and the limitation of protit- ; compulsoiy phv^i<al instruction iv m liooU ; the establishment of labour butcuu.x, and other matters. The fedeiatiou "\ill be ollrd on to diMiiss iemit> : — That the pi ice of shearing ihrouchout New Zealand be £1 per hunched for flock sheep, and £2 per hundred for tarns and turn stag>, th* shearer to he "found" iv every <aw»; that shed haud.s re»eive £1 10» a week, irrespective of :ige, except wool pret*»ers, who shall not leceivi- le>.s than £2 a week ; that Miuaverft' cook* rereivo not less than £2 10s per week up to 10 men, over that number 5s per man per week. Other matter* am the admission of niuMerrrs and nhephords to the union ; the inspection of accommodation by independent inspector* other than police : the employment of one learner to eveiy eight Mieaiers; the maintenance by employers of a medicine-chest, medinnp to be supplied at co.«t price ; the payment of overtime and milwiiy and cotwh faies one w.ty to men engaged for one or moie shed*. 'l'hi> painter* disuis^pd today matte* intimately related with the * piopot-c»d \ew Zealand award dud their own constitution,

Mr. P. K. Slinn. Upper Willis-ntrect, Aditrtitct that ht it telling off hit tlock •* booti and ihoek.