TRADES AND LABOUR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13516, 13 February 1906, Page 5

TRADES AND LABOUR.

LANCASHIRE PROSPEROUS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 11. (Received Feb. 12, at 8.43 a.in.) One hundred and fifty thousand cotton weavers and winders of Lancashire and kindred trades have obtained an advance which places them for the first lime 6incc 1878 on the full standard list. THE HAIRDRESSERS' AWARD. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCII, February 12. The Clerk of Awards has received a copy of the decision of the Arbitration Court on a question relating. to the Christchnreli Hairdressers and Tobacconists Assistants' industrial agreement. The president of tho court (Mr Justice Chapman) delivers its decision as follows:—The question asked is as follows:—If a number of cvtstimers are waiting in tho saloon at tho time provided for the assistants to leave off work, would they be considered as work in hand, or is this limited to the person occupying the chair and unfinished? Answer: .Wo think that all those who are actually waiting in' tho saloon and can fairly be said to have become acknowledged customers arc within the expression, " work in hand." The reason of this is that any such person, if tacitly accepted and led to suppose that his case can he dealt with, and thus induced to wail, lias made a contract with the proprietor and is entitled to have it carried out. Questions of this sort would be avoided if it were arranged that customers presenting themselves at too late an hour might be told, with tho authority of the proprietor, not to waif. SCARCITY OF FARM LABOUR, (Per United Press Association.) OAMARU. IVm. a .v 12 There is a great scarcity of farm hands in this district. Though the harvest has not begun yet, there aro no hands to thin the turnips. Large numbers have been drafted during the last few months to tho Government co-operative works, and the Labour Office, is still despatching. It is feared that (here will bo a loss at. harvest. time unless arrangements are made to bring men to the district. THE CLOTHING TRADE DISPUTE. A meeting of tailorcsses now locked out from three of tho largest clothing factories in Dunedin was held in the Zcalandia Chambers, Dowling street, yesterday morning. Fifty members were, present. Proposals were placed before the meeting offering employment to all the hands in all branches of the business in the North island. The meeting then adjourned till 3 p.m. to enable the girls to consider the proposal, and upon reassembling at that hour there were handed info tho secretary the names of 12 girls who are willing to accept the union's offer of work. Several others will decide this morning. Forty-five members received lock-out pay.

The Bruce Herald lias received the following wire from Omarama:— "TheOtago and Southland Mustorers' Union of Workers has been registered under 'The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Compilation Act. 1905.' Mr Stove, Boroham was offered and accepted the position of general organiser for one year; Mr George Gye was appointed secretary, Mr J. Collins treasurer, and Mr A. Paterson president."