TYPOGRAPHERS' AWARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18518, 1 October 1923, Page 5

TYPOGRAPHERS' AWARD.

POSITION 'OF APPRENTICES. ARBITRATION „ COURT'S, RULINGS. Decision has been given ;by . the Arbitration Court, now sitting in Auckland, in regard to the': obligations?i of ■ apprenr ticca under the Dominion Typographers' Award. . , . .Among the questions submitted to the Court was whether a : factory inspector should approve of a deed of apprenticeship which gave* an f; undertaking : that the /apprentice would serve - his master at any one ; place, and ' also at any other place where the master - might carry on business, Mr.- J Justice Frazer, in delivering ,;, the finding of the;;; Court; said that if ■; there were more - than one place 'at which the apprentice ? was to serve,, should be ; within: reasonable ,- distance ■ from where line ' service '"" was commenced. The apprentice should not be forced; to leave his home J! because his employer embarked i- upon business in another town. -\ .v.. ; As to the covenant -wider! which I the apprentice should not, during his apprenticeship,, \" play at ''> unlawful games :or frequent hotels,*'... His Honors said the Court did • not deem ; the V clause ;an ■ unreasonable one. It was to the interest of bot(h ; master and '/ apprentice 'that the latter should not; indulge in habits which might .militate' against his \ becoming!/ an ; efficient tradesman, and cause him financial embarassment, ;or to come into '■■ conflict with the police. ; v '«.. ■,'■ , Certain other points in, the deed were referred to by His Honor, who expressed the view that the provisions for deductions from : wages were;: bad, ': in that they exceeded the provisions the award. He ''■ held f a similar view in regard to the ; provision under which the employer might, oartafn discharge an apprentice/ on payment, of a bonus- equal to. 13 weeks' wages. Such a right to an. employer was not contemplated in the award. - „; * '