Mr. T. Collins (Christchurch), speaking at the Painters’ Conference in that city, last week, said it was a fact that tradesmen, were not qualifying in their work as of old. The reason was that in the old days no awardsc were in force and a man’s salary depended upon his ability. Tlie more proficient the man the higher wages he could command. Employers ware handicapped to-day on account of the minimuni, wage clause in awards, which practicallyplaced all men on a level, whether they- were worth the money or not. So "far as apprentices were concerned, the boy who studied diligently at a technical school had no prospects of gaining higher wages than a dilatory apprentice. Boys said to one another: "‘Why bother about going to a technical school ! You won’t get any more wages when you finish your appr e nticeship.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 166, 27 June 1916, Page 7
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