MARINE ENGINEERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 74, 24 September 1912, Page 7

MARINE ENGINEERS

PAY FIXED BY ARBITRATION COURT. By Telegraph.— Prese Association.— Copyright. (Receiyed September g4, 9.2§ MELBOURNE, This Day. The Federal Arbitration Court's award in the marine engineers' dispute fixe§ the range ,of pay at fr,om £22 a month for chiefs, £17 10s for secpnd engineers, and £1,6 10s for thjrd engineers, on vessels, of under 100 horsepower to 450 horse-power, to £32 for chjef engineers, £22 for second, £18 for third, £15 for fourth, and £12 others on vessels pi 450 h.p. and over. ■ The ,t}me on duty when in port or at sea, or partly in port and partly at sea, shall be eight hours, and when actually in p,ort from 7 o'clock in the morning to ,5 o'clock in the evening. This doe^ not apply to chiefs of vessels having less than three engineers. Overtime pay shall be half a crown an hour, with five /shillings for chiefs. v This applies to Sundays and holidays. Engineers shall not be asked to keep watch, excepting yrhen in an unsafe port or where the stay in port is less £han iwenty-fpur hqusr. After nine months' service chief engineers shall be entitled to twenty -one and other engineers to fourteen days' leave on full pay. f $yhen a vessel is out of commission and the engineers' services are utilised in fitting pT any pther seryic.es, they shall receive full sea pay. lhe award js to nave a duration of Ay© years. It includes the Union Company and the $us,dart-Parker Company. AWARD APPLIES TO INTEB- ' " STATE' VESSELS. A QUESTIONS RESERVED. - (Received September 24 ? 10.35 a.m.) 'MEtBQUME, This bay. The engineers' award applies to ves%els engaged in the inter-State trade, the court reserving consideration pi tlje question whether it snail be made to bin 4, apd t,o wji.at extent, other vessels.