ARBITRATION COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18889, 11 December 1924, Page 10

ARBITRATION COURT.

MUSTERERS AND DROVERS.

MARLBOROUGH DEMANDS-

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] BLENHEIM. Wednesday.

The Arbitration Court, sitting at Blenheim, granted an application of the local furnituro workers to have the recent Dominion award brought into force in the Marlborough industrial district. The musterers, packers and drovers applied for a new award. Their demands were for 22s 6d a day and found for musterers, with Sunday work at double rates; packers, £4 10s per week; youths, first year £2, second £2 10s, the proportion of learners to adult musterers to bo not more than one to four; drovers, £1 7s 6d per day and all expenses. Special provision was sought that there be no exemption from the award for permanent station handy. An abolition of weekly work was also demanded. The respondents, the Marlborough sheep-owners, filed counter proprsals, asking for a renewal of the old award or the adoption for Tvlarlborough of tho new Canterbury award. It was pointed out that it would be anomalous '/or two contiguous industrial districts like Marlborough and Canterbury to be under different conditions and rates of pay. The Court reserved its decision.

The Court leaves for Wellington to-mor-row en route to Auckland, where the last sitting of the year will be held.

TRAMWAYMEN'S WAGES,

INCREASE AT CHRISTCHURCH,

[BY TELEGRAM. —PR.ES3 ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday. The new Ohristchurch tramway employees' made by the Arbitration Court provides for a general increase of 3s 4<i in wages.