WORK AND WAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 11456, 25 January 1901, Page 1

WORK AND WAGES.

The award of th 9 Wellington Conciliation Board in the saw-millers' dispute was announced yesterday. The' principal recbmmendations are as follow:—That a week shall consist of forty-six hours ; that for men working planing machines the minimum wage be £2 15* per week ; men working circular saws, £2 Sj ; engine-drivers driving engines over five horse-power £3, and under five-horse-power £2 10s; yardsmen solely employed delivering timber, £3 ; minimum wage to unskilled workers in other capacities. £2 5»; casual labor, 8* 6d per day. The Board make the usual recommendations as to payment of overtime and holidays, and on the question of apprentices decide that each machinist be allowed one boy, whose wages shall commence at 12s 61 per week, with such gradual increase as shall be agreed upon.

The London ' Sun' newspaper has been fined £25 for carrying on a lottery in which prizes were awarded to purchasers of copies of specially marked " sun spots." The Soft Answer.—"There!" said the angry man, shoving a photograph, presumably of himself, under the photographer's nose. "Do you know what that makes roe look like?". ' "If you mean what it makes you look like at the present moment," answered the photographer, surveying the face of the angry man carefully " I should say it makes you look as if you wero about to throw v a fit." ..■ .