CONCILIATION CASE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 23 August 1919, Page 5

CONCILIATION CASE

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 22. An agreement was reached at the Conciliation Council to-day in the Canterbury Motor Car. Horse Drivers and Livery Stable Employees' Union dispute. The union asked for a minimum wage of £3 10 s per week, which the employers conceded. Employment of youths was agreed to on the basis of one for each company employing one adult and one for each four additional adults. The rates of wages were fixed as follows: 18 to 19 years, 365; 19 to 20 years, 425; 20 to 21 years. 50s.