ARBITRATION COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13744, 8 May 1908, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT.

AUCKLAND SITTINGS. The Arbitration,; Court resumed its sittings yesterday . morning before Mr. Justice Sim and Messrs. S. Brown and J. A. McCullough. A disagreement: "Mr. A. JRosser, for the Hairdressers' Union, stilted that, acting under the directions of the Court, a conference had been held between masters and employees, but no settlement had been arrived at. The union was quite agreeable "to accept the Dunedin award as a whole, but not so the employers. The employers wanted more hours than, the Dunedin award or the Shops and Offices Act allowed. The Dunedin award was for a week of. 52 hours, at £2 10s; the employers wanted two hours more at a wage of £2 Bs. The present wage in Auckland was £2 ss. Another point in dispute was.; the sub-letting of chairs in saloons. '{■'''.'. The dispute will be heard on May 15. MINERS' OVERTIME. The hearing of the case against the Waihi Gold Mining Company, Limited, for an alleged breach of the miners' and workers' award by failing to pay overtime to battery men, was continued. The point in dispute was that the men were paid ordinary rates instead of time and a-quarter for overtime in undertaking the shifts of sick males. ■; . , .. Mr.; S. Mays, for the Labour Department, said the men's objection was not so much in regard to working the overtime, as it was to not receiving the overtime rata for this kind of work. The company appeared to throw the onus on the men to fill the vacancies caused by sickness. .... The method of calculating overtime on a weekly, instead of a. daily, basis, was also objected .to.' •'} < ■ ■ Mr.; C. J. Tunks, for respondents, contended that this was a matter of the interpretation of the award, a view in which the Court concurred. ■ After hearing evidence, the Court deferred its decision. . , ...CARPENTERS' AWARD. .■ ~ ■ The Carpenters' and Joiners' Union made application for the extension of their award to the Colonial Sugar Company, who are the employers of a number of carpenters all the year round. ' A conference between .the parties had been held at the direction of the Court, but no agreement had been arrived at. .' '

The Court decided to look into the matter.

; Other cases referring to the trade in Tauranga and elsewhere were adjourned.