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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 10, 11 July 1912, Page 3

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MINERS' APPLICATION WITHDRAWN. REEFTON, 10th July. ' The application for the cancellation of the consolidated group of mines made by the Miner*' • Union on the ground of non-manning, has been withdrawn. The company's application for protection for all (Progress, Energetic, and Blackwater) rights commenced to-night. The warden, with counsel, visited the Energetio Mine to-day to view the popp*r o? Waugfc »ifi&ia« *t ivofk. The

greatest possible interest is. being. taken in the, case, over forty witnesses' being subpoenaed. AUCKLAND MUSICIANS j FULL. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE. AUCKLAND, 10th July. J A full 'settlement was*, reached to-day in 1 the dispute between the Auckland Performing Musicians' Union and the employers, the proceedings before the Conciliation Council being carried on in a friendly spirit. ' The wages provided for in general cases are -£3" per w.eek for six performances and" one matinee, with 2b 6d per hour overtime. . -The Choral Society, Orchestral Society,' and Amateur Operatic Society are exempt" from the provisions of the award, so long as they pay award -rates to . all professional musicians. "MORE DRASTIC STEPS" KAITANGATA MINERS. DUNEDIN, 10th July. Th© directors of the New Zealand Coal and Oil Company' have replied to a deputation of the -Otaeo Coal Miners' Union (Federation of Laoour) upholding their previous . decision not to recognise this body, as the other union was registered ■ under the Arbitration Court. A •meeting of men last week threatened "more drastic steps" if recognition of the federation was refused. A further meeting of- the men will be held immediately to decide upon' a course of action. ARBITRATION COURT THREE AWARDS. DUNEDIN, 10th July. _ The following awards by the Arbitration Court were filed to-day:— Dunedin and Mosgiel Woollen Mills employees:— Weekly hours, 48; overtime, tim© and a quarter for the first lour hours, and time and a half after that } double time for Sundays and' holidays. Wages for girk : First year, 8s pei- week j second year, 11s j third year, 14s ; fourth year, 20s j thereafter a minimum of 255. Wages for boys and 1 youths : From 14 to 16 years, 11s per week; 16 to 17 14s; 17 to 18, 17s 6d ; 18 to 19, 22s 6d ;19 to 20, 27s 6d ; 20 to 21, ' 255 ; and thereafter a minimum of 455. Boys and youths, night work: 16 to 19 years of age, 265 ; 19 to 20, 30s ; 20 to 21, 37s ;* and thereafter 48s. For male workers over 21, the following minimum rates have been fixed : Wool sorters, 50s j, turners, 56s j warpers, 565 ; pattern weavers, 48s ; swinters, 80s ; carpenters, 60s ; and blacksmiths, 60s ; all other workers 455. The award will expire on 6th May, 1914. Otago Timber Yards and Sawmiller*: Hours of work, 44; overtime, time and a quarter for the first four .hours and time and a half afterwards 1 , with double t time for Sundays, Good^ Friday, and Christmas Day. Minimum rate of wages : . First sawyer, Is 4d per hour ; other sawyers, Is l£d ; tailers, Is ; firstclass machinist, Is 4£d ; second-class, Is j 2£d ; other workers at machines, 1b ; I head yardman, Is 4£d ; order man, Is lid; yard, mill, and factory labourers, \ Is ; wood turner, Is 3d ; spoke turners and finishers, Is Ud ; and sash and door hands, Is 2d. Wages for youths run from 12s 6d-, with a 3s rise for the first 12 months, up to 18 years of age, then a rise of 5s for 12 months up to 21 year*. Wages of youths or lads employed as apprentices, 10s per week for first year, 15s for second, 20s for third, 25s for fourth, and 30s for fifth. The award | will terminate on 10th May, 1914. Dunedin United Furniture Trade. Hours of labour, 44 per week ; minimum wage of journeymen cabinetmakers, etc., is Is 4£d per hour, and timber stackers and other labourers Is. Overtime on Sundays, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing .Day, and weekly halfholiday to be paid for at the rate of time and a half. Apprentices: First year. 8b a week ; second year, 12s ; • third year, 16s ; fourth year, 21s ; and fifth year, 28s 6d. Term of apprenticeship, fly« nm, Tho award wjfl gapis* on 30th, Ju&Sj 1914^