CARPENTERS AND JOINERS
HEW APPRENTICESHIP ORDER SOUGHT [Pea Uniteo Press Association.] WELLINGTON, January 31. The Arbitration Court to-clay heard and reserved its decision on an application for a new order to replace the existing Carpenters’ and Joiners Apprenticeship Order. The applicants were the employers, and the proposed amendments included that the workers affected should be extended to include joiners and machinists, and that the age restriction of fifteen should be removed. . It was fllso cont€iidsd tli&t the present wages were too high. It was stated that the number of apprentices taken on in the carpentry and joinery branches of the building industry had fallen away very seriously, figures being given as follows: —1929, 361 • 1930, 293; 1931, 62; 1932, 15; 1933. 9. . .. , Evidence was given, and afterwards it was submitted for the union that the proposals were for the purpose of covering an attempt to reduce the wages of apprentices.
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Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 10
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150CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 10
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