ARBITRATION COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14356, 28 October 1908, Page 7

ARBITRATION COURT.

AUCKLAND TRAMWAY CASE. (Fir Uxited Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Octobcr 27. At the Arbitration Court to-day the Auckland Electric Trarmvays Company (Ltd.) wk proceeded arjainst- bv the 1 Labour Department- for an alleged 'breach of award. The complaint nrcss from the fact that on Christmas Day cars had been Kent out and thou sent in again owing to rain coming on. The men wore only paid for the work done, and not for the work which they had prepared to do. Jlt Tole, for the Labour Department, said the trouble had arisen through the company rofusiixg to pay regular men in the service for less than 18 hours as a week's work when the men were ready ar.d willing to work. Tlw union claimed that the men v-ere weekly servants in view of the decision given by the Arbitration Court in the Wellington tramways case, Though the men were paid by the hour the fact that thev had to give a week's -notice of termination of engagement made the men weekly servants. The company claimed that they were only bound to pay the men for the actual time worked. After tearing a great deal of evidence, tlio decision of the court was reserved. COOPBRSMVAGES. (Psr United Pjiess Association'.). , ." _ AUCKLAND, October 27. fl'.o Arbitration Court has fixed the wages of coopers at the rate offered by the employers—vi?,., £2 15.; per week, being an increase of 3s per week—and a reduction of one hour in the week's work. CANTER-BURY DRIVERS' DEMANDS. (Pin United Pf.ess Association ) CHRISTCHURCH, October 27. Ilio Canterbury Drivers' Industrial I. moil of Workers. lias filed notice of a dispute with the employers. The wages

demanded by the union for competent drivers in constant employment tyre as follows:—For those driving and attending one horse, a weekly minimum wage of £2 10s; for two hoiscs, £2 lSsj and 3a per week in addition to the minimum for each additional horse, either driven. or attended to, The minimum wages demanded lor youths muter 21 ik 35s and 40s pcs, week for driving and attending ono and two horecs respectively. The men ask for n. 15 hours' week, exclusive of the-time occupied in nccessary attendance on hordes. I'he usual demands are made in regard to overtime,' preference, holidays, and other matters.