SHEARERS’ WAGES.
MEN WILL NOT GO TO COURT, 'f.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. | Regarding the shearers’ dispute, Mr g W. H. Nicholson, secretary of the New Zealand Sheepowners’ and Farmers* » Federation, states that the report appearing in the morning papers was * not correct. The actual offer mad® ? by the employers was the amounts | mentioned with the addition of the cost of living bonus, in each case to • be decided by the Arbitration Cdurt ; on the basis of the present bonus. This - amounted to an extra 13/- per week, j or 3Jd per hour. The actual present award rates, excluding this bonus, were: Shearers, 30/- per 100; preasers, i £3/10/- per week, or 2/- per hour; ; other shed hands, £3/5/- per week. ; or 1/10 per hour; youths, £2/10/ per i week, or 1/6 per hour. In all these cases the men are found. The rates j for cooks are £4 per week, and cooks f assistants £3/10/-. Mr Acland stated that the sheepowners were prepared to take the whole matter to the Arbitration Court and to abide by its decision. It was stated on behalf of the shearers that they would not go to the Court.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1736, 11 February 1921, Page 5
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197SHEARERS’ WAGES. Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1736, 11 February 1921, Page 5
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