ARBITRATION COURT

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18334, 17 February 1920, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT

RATES OF WAGES. [Per Pkess Association.] WELLINGTON, February 16. Under the War Legislation Act, the minimum rates for engine drivers have been fixed by the Arbitration Court as follows: First-class certificate, 14s 2d per day; second-class, 13s 2d; traction certificates, 14s 2d; firemen and greasers, 12s Bd, plus Is per day additional for getting up steam; youths, eighteen and under nineteen. 9Jd per hour. The following rates have been fixed for brewery employees:—Malthouse and brewery labourers, £3 7s 6d per week for the first three months, and £3 10s afterwards; bottling store, £3 6s and £3 7s 6d respectively; casual labour, Is lOd per hour, with the bonus under the" Act of 4s per week. The following rates have been fixed for metal workers:—Furnacemen, etc., Is 6Jd per hour; all others, Is 5d per hour, with a, bonus of 3£d per hour.