WAGES OF WORKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17144, 25 April 1919, Page 4

WAGES OF WORKERS.

RATES FIXED IN SOUTH. CANTERBURY AWARDS. DECISIONS OF THE COURT. [bt telegraph.—press association.] CHBISTCHTJBCH, Thursday. The Arbitration Court has awarded manure, tallow, and coap workers a bonus of 2'id an hour. the minimum wage of tailors has been increased to £3 15s, ar.d tailoresses to -oj, for six months after completing apprenticeship, and iheie.ftflr 10 40s, Christchurch and Timaru quarry workeia have been granted a 48 hour week, and the wages fur certificated men are Is 4jd, others is in addition to a tv.nus of 2Jd an hour. in the moulders' dispute, machine moulders have been awarded Is 6jd. and journeyman moulders is 7Ju, wan a bonui of 2id an hour. Bacon oners' wages have been fixed as follows:--head curer, £4 a week, slaughtermen, Is an hour, cellarmen Is an hour, w.th a bonus of 2sd an hour. In the local bodies' dupuk rock tunnelmen have been granted Is 7Jd an hour, clay tuunelmen Is 4jd, and other workers Is 3Jd an hour, with a bonus of 2^d; the same scale of wages applies to builder*, contractors, and generJ labourers. In the South Canterbury bakers' dispute, the award provides for a 48 hours' week, and wages for foreman are £4 a week, journeymen £3 10s, labourers £3. In the country bakehouses wages are to be £3 10b (2000 loaves a week), £3 5s (1500 loaves), £3 (1250 loaves), and £2 15s (under 1250 loaves). The South Canlerbuiy Painters' Award provides for a minimum wage of Is 6d, and a bonus of 3d an hour.

The Wool and Grain Store Award prorides for Is 5Jd, and bonus of an hour. Bulk manure wo. ken receive 3d an hour extra, and bagged manure workers lid an hour extra. DUNEDIN AWARDS AMENDED. COMPUTED ON " BASIC WAGE." [DT TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION} DUNEDIN, Thursday.. A number of amended awards have been filed by tho Dunedin Arbitration Couit. Journeymen tinsmiths are granted Is 7Jd an hour; the minimum wage for engineers is Is 7Jd; for journeymen, Is ,5Jd: for planers, shapers, s'otters, and borers the wage is Is 51 A; for stock cata'ogue work and rangeworkere tho wages are fixed at Is 6d and Is 4^d; for metal-workers and assistants the wages are Is 4Jd and Is 3Jd an hour. In each case a bonus of ifyd an hour is added to tho above rates, which are in conformity with the Court's recei.t memorandum regarding the basic wage. The new awards- come into force on May 12. The overtime clause is also altered, and minor amendments have been made in other awarda.