AWARDS MADE

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 151, 23 December 1935, Page 11

AWARDS MADE

POINTS BEFORE COURT

Matters . concerning .. ■ industrial awards were considered by the Arbitration Court this morning, two awards being made and the interpretation of a clause in another, considered. ■

" Mr.'Justice Page, arid Messrs. W. Cecil > Prime (employers' ■ representative) arid A. L. Moriteith (workers' representative) were on the bench.

An application for exemption from provisions of the Dominion Engineers' award was presented by Mr. Ti O. Bishop on behalf of the Colonial Sugar, Refining'Company^' Mr. bishop said a sub-clause in th|e old award providing for the payment of Is extra [per shift had been dropped, and if it was reinstated the application could be dropped. ' . . '

Mr. Monteith said/there was provision for the payment of 2s 6d a shift m another clause of the award.

; Mr. A. Cook, for the union; said he could not agree to the reinstating of the clause without. iristructiqn from the union.> ,

Mr.: Page suggested that the company should be struck out subject to the union reserving the right to apply for its reinstatement on the list of parties subject to the award, and this course was agreed to. ; ;'

Mr. W.J. Mountjoy asked, that men employed by the Atlantic and Texas Oil Companies installing arid maintaining petrol pumps should be exempte'd;&om the"overtime provisions of the award as in the old award. This request was riot opposed" and the award was made as amended, to come into force pn December 13, 1935.

The award- governing the sloremen and -packersvwas also made after, several of the ■ parties cited; were struck out by consent of the pair ties. ' ', The' .Labour Department, TepreseritedbyMri Wi j:/Wakel^i,>sked.for an jinterpretation. of the .overtime clause in >the ~ Award, the Typographers' Union- being represented by Mr. K. Baxter.

Mr. L.J.,Berry arid Mr. A: Dunn represented the- employers and argued that the interpretation -adopted by a weekly newspaper in Wellington was the correct one. ■ ; •

Mr. Baxter argued that the workers were being.workedJonger hours than required by the : . • : Decision was reserved. -