TRADES AND LABOUR,

Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 15

TRADES AND LABOUR,

London, April 6. The employees of the North ffi*stern Railway, who recently struck, faava agreed to submit the points 5u dispute to arbitration. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS' WAGES. CuniSTCHUUCH, April 7. The award of thf> Conciliation Board in regard \o the dispute between the musters on the one hand &nd the Carpenters and Joiners' (Society on the other i-ecotntneiidrf that 10s per day bo the minimum wage Toe competent Lauds; the wages or fcho.ia >7!>d sue nimble to earn the minimum to be decided by & committee of employers and workmen. The hoars of labour from August to Sl«*y (inclusive) Are to be from 8 a.m to 5 p.ca , »ud trota May io July (iuc'usiva) frcin 3 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Overtime is to ha time and a-quarfcer for the first four hours, time *i;d Ji-balf afterwards. Men sent to %. country job are to be conveyed or havo their expenees and 10 per cent, added fco j.lie wages where the distance neceusifcivte* going into lodgings. The suburban limit for Clmstcuncch fo<r witlkiug is to he one mile from the Town Belt to the nearest place at which work is being carried on. Conditions being equal, unionist* are to be employed in preference to nonunionists. When the latter are employed no distinction ia to bs made, and they are if receive eqnnl pay for equal work. Any dispafc. which the committee cannot settle is to bt decided by the Board of Conciliation. The proviaions for sanitary conveniences and for the safety of tools and-tha increase of wages are to come into force on May 24- next;, each side to accept or refuse the awsrrl by Tuesday next. Wellington, April 7. The Conciliation Board met again to conpider the tailors' dispute. Both tides agreed to ! accept the recommendation that member* of | the union shall be employed ia preference to Don-union men, provided they are equally well | qualified and willing to accspt work. i I !

Mr T. W. Adams has been elected chairman of Canterbury Education Board. Mr J. It. Montgomery, who leaves Dunedin this week for Geraldine, was presented on Thursday evening by the members of St. Andrew's Church, choir with a silver-monnted walking stick, suitably inscribed, as a Email token of their esteem and in recognition of the valuable ser« vice he has rendered for some years as a mem« ber of the choir. The presentation was made by Mr H. B. Chirm, who highly enlogißed! the recipient, and was feelingly acknowledged by Mr Montgomery. If your children are subject to croup, watch for the firafc symptom of the disease—hoarseness. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ia given as soon ai the child becomes hoarse ib will prevent the attack. Even after the croupy cough has appeared the attack can always bs '■ prevented by giving this remedy. It is also i invaluable for colds and whooping cough. Foe sale by all 1 )ad<~c.cr obemists.