WAGES OF LABOURERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 8

WAGES OF LABOURERS.

GRANTING, OF- • EXEMPTIONS. '» . ''> •/ > ' , "'.'; The Auckland Conciliation : Council held a sitting; yesterday morning, under the presi-; dency of* Mr. T. Harle Giles, Commissioner, to deal ■ with the industrial dispute between the L Auckland J Builders', Contractors', and General Labourers' Union of Workers and- ; : v? their employers. ;• The claims dealt with i the " hours *of labour, overtime, , holidays, minimum rates of pay, country work, piece- ;.;.,'J work, tools, preference, scope and term ofthe award. The assessors for the employer? were Messrs. Geo. Fraser and H. Beaneye while Messrs. 0. Mason, E. Corbett; and T. Hayes represented the employees., Messrs. C. G. Knox and C. Grosvenor »p- i; . peared for various employers, and Mr. ArM for the union. ' '* ■, ■*' ■'..">' The Commissioner * granted ;.:■' exemption' from the dispute to the Colonial Sugar Com-;, pany, the Kauri Timber Company, and the."? Waihi Gold Mining Company on the ground that the labourers employed in'thenworks were already provided for under aff; award. Mr. Grosvenor, representing JohnChambers and Son, obtained partial es;.; emption where storemen employed \ by,.ts ! firm were concerned. Similar % application* were made by , the Southern' Cross I 1 0"";' I works and-J;Wallett;: iron factory and steel- . maker/ ■ and -were ' granted ; : by mutual sent. Mr. Wilson, on behalf of the Pssg#; land Cement Company, asked that a clause.;.;: be inserted setting forth that only labourer*' -■ employed to ! assist-:' engineers should come under'the award. -. The Commissioner ed the application. " " "''*twt^S The Auckland Gas Company iad«fgm| that labourers were employed to assist en,heers- in outside work, and their requetf: I - | exemption was refuted:; : The ] Board's application for exemption. was d •., | with in a similar manner, as they admrtteo , ! employing blacksmiths' labourers. ,: . :{ | ■ The Council adjourned until April *..- ;■ ■ \ ■ - ~"~ i .-.'Anniversary' services wore : , thb-.Mt. Eden Baptwt Church < >n »««"£ - at which - the Rev. Gray ?™fcfflM preached, in .the morning.- and tl» I Howard Elliott in .the *™" n «; „ cct iu3 -i J ncction with the anniversary ,-.*;sSsj|g was held last evening in ; the . Buu^ t j#ift«& I Tho attendance, however,: owing to i' jbo ? . I j favourable weather;; was small. ysttgß I tea a public meeting was held m he The annual reports showed that tjc ? I j months have, proved a church's ; history. ;M AddMaKS^j^M^ Mr 'Williams pimples you :.aro; : -t»ubM'wigMSSHM pimples vtake i a\ycourse*of «>sS|SM| Tablets; they . purify and conch l^^^l|