ARBITRATION COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16624, 22 August 1917, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT.

TWO NEW AWARDS MADE.

INTERPRETATIONS OF CLAUSES

Decision has been delivered by the Arbitration Court in respect to the several disputes dealt with at the recent sitting in Auckland

The award between the Taupiri Coal Mines Union of Employers and the Taupiri Coal Mine Workers Union embodies the recommendations of the Conciliation Council, which the parties agreed to accept. The usual Court's clause relating to preference is included, but the clauses dealing with strikes and lock-outs are not inserted.

All the recommendations of the Conciliation Council in the Auckland ship, yacht, and boatbuilders' dispute are embodied, without alteration, in an award. The only matter of importance referred to the txiurt was an application for partial exemption by the Union Steam Ship Company, tho Northern Steamship Company, and Chelsea Sugar Company. This the Court refused.

The Painters' Award was amended so as to substitute for Section 6\ the following clause :—" Suburban work means work performed by a journeyman or apprentice at a distance of over two miles from u- , em>lo J' er 's place of business, but which does not come under the definition of 'country work;' and journeymen or apprentices employed on such work shall he paid, in addition to their wagessuch wages to begin after a radius of two miles have been covered—6d a day up to five miles, and Is a day from five miles up to the limit of suburban work, or the employer may convey the worker, free of charge, to and from the work, in which case he shall pay the worker at the rates aforesaid for the time occupied in conveying him to and from work beyond the radius.''

An application for the interpretation of the Thames Miners Award was received from both parties to the award. The question, which was answered in the affirmative, was: —" Three men are employed by the Talisman Consolidated, Ltd., as firemen on the Woodstock shaft boilers, and are paid at the rate of 10s 6d a shift. The inspector of machinery insists that these firemen shall hold secondclass engine-driver's certificates. As firemen required to hold such, are they entitled to the rate, lis a shift, granted to second-class engine-drivers?" The Court was asked for an interpretation of an amendment to the Amalgamated Society of Engineers' Award, which read:—" So long as the British Empire remains in a state of war, and for three months after the cessation of hostilities, adult workers coming within the scope of the award shall be paid a war bonus of Id an hour." It was decided that, in addition to journeymen, all other adult workers are entitled to the war bonus.