WORK AND WAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 9776, 5 August 1895, Page 2

WORK AND WAGES.

The Laboh Day Committee met on Satuifxl&y night, Mr & Judge presiding. It was decidecUtii iiSbot Bay he celebrated by a 'i-omouetration and sports on Wednesday* October 9, and * that any sUtplttk abiding therefrom be handed oVet; ttt the Miiefp’ Association toa. it was decided Js> fiaVe lists printed lot the purpose 6f receiving donations to the.prifce fund, so as to make Vhe e'C.rphls As large as possible. The Sports Committee submitted a draft programme, consisting of twenty-five events, but, as no replies had been received froth the cycling clubs and fire brigades, the adoption of it was held over till the next meeting, to be held on Wednesday, 21st, The Rev. T. Tail’s lecture in aid of the Otago Miners’ Association realised £59 11s fi(L , The names of five of the men who lost their lives by entombment in the El Dorado mine, Victoria, were Burke, Edgar Crane, Charles Dawkins, Armstrong, and Kneebone. Apparently the chamber into which they retreated was dry for some time, but they were entirely powerless to eSoape. How long they remained alive cannot be ascertained, bilt it is conjecWited from the quantity of air remaining between the slum and the end of the drive that, there would be sufficient to last them.for twenty lour hours. The number of men employed by the Christchurch authorities and paid out of the winter work fund is 150. The money in hand will last only another fortnight. Subscriptions' to the fund have practically ceased. A number of men discharged from the works ask the Labor Bureau that employment be found for them. The agent has communicated with the Government.

The Dunedin branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, at. a meeting held on Friday, resolved unanimously—“ That we uphold the reciprocity treaty with Canada in its entirety.” A successful system of profit-sharing between employers and their workpeople has now been m operation for over four years in the establishment of Clarke, Nickolls, and Coombs, Limited, confectionery manufacturers, of Hackney-wick, London. The company’s shareholders have received 6 per cent., and the surplus profits have been equally divided between them and the workpeople. The workpeople’s share for 1893-94 amounted to £1,700, and was shared by 840 people. Mr A. Horn, one of the managing directors, mentioned that during the previous three years £1,400, £1,400, and f 1,550 respectively had been distributed to labor, which was, roughly speaking, 4 per cent, on the wages. About £1,660 more was paid' last year in wages than in 1802. Since the scheme had been iu operation they had received over £6,000 as bonus. A superannuation fund had been started, and also a fund for giving girls Who have been a certain time in the Company’s employment a few pounds on their marriage. To neither of these funds Were the workers asked to subscribe, aud they might belong to any trade union or not as they thought fit.