FLAXMILL EMPLOYES' DISPUTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 11

FLAXMILL EMPLOYES' DISPUTES.

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The recommendations ot the Conciliation Board in the dispute betv\een tho Ma:\iwaiuFlaxrmll Employees' Industrial Union of Workois and some 60 erop!ove.is having mills in the \lauanatu, Wairarapa, and Hawke's Bay districts, has been Tiled i.uh the clerk of awards. It is re'--c.niren<: ; ->d that a week's work shall not excted '8 hours, and that not more than L-i hours shall be worked on each of five working days of the week, and not more tl.an 4i hours on Saturday, excepting m ca-;.s of cooks and their arsistaiits, and .t'so drivers. Work is not to commence before 7 a.m., and shall not be continued id r er than 5.30 p.m. On Satuida\s it shall cc:re at noon. Should any employer prcft • to nork his mill by shifts, not more thpn 11 shifts shall be worked in any ore v. ?<■)-. The previsions set out in the ope Miii; paragraph as to hour* between v. h.ch ao:k shall be carried on have no application 'o frhe work of padclockin? and <-aitm^ cir\ fibre, in respret of which <mc!i cm plover 'hall have absolute discrerion a. 1o when the work shall commence or he- discontinued. Driveis arc to be paid ciemme. if rhev leave the stables "before 7 a.m. or arrive there after 5.50 p.m.. or after neon i on Pa-turdavs. Drivers must attend to ; their 1-ors-os on Sundays and holidays. Not more than three hours' overtime are to be v ork'-d in one day. and no overtime i« to be worked en Saturday. Wapres are fixed at the following mimmums: — Feeders, Us

I a day; bench loaders and catchers, 9s; v asht'rs (iinuit'3 the r o.\-. bcots and aprons), 9s . paaJock:e.-~, scrrcrs, . anrl shakers, 8s; heed paddockers, not less thai £2 14s per \ -c?k ; rou'oabouts. £2 ss ; drlvere of one ho, s^, £2 7s; dmcis of two horses. £2 10s , drivers of th:co horses, £2 15? ; drivers of ir:cre thin three holies, £3. The ernplo\cc to \ >om shall be -'-ssigacxl tho dut cs of st- ippr^-kcepe.- sliail receno not loss than 15-5 ocr week in aiViitioii to tho minimum rates pie=cr.*ced in or in addition to *he nj?o he may be receiving for his other duties iluii iiura ra"es for ni^cc work naclc'oc'xin'j shall be. — From l~t~ Ap>-i! to 30th September 27s per ton; Ist Oe'oVi- to 6lst XTarch 225. V\ hon cartino I^s dor.o 5s ncr ton shall be added to thcij "a>s The niinimu7/i rate« of pay for shall be 23s per ton. and pryment 1 ' sha'l be made from scutchers' ' weights. Emplo\res esi^ag-ed in the wo.-k of tra'n layi'ipr are to receive not less than 9s per <lav Liboiw not otherwise specified is to bf paid at a rate of not Ie c s than 8s pc r c'av. Casual labour shall bo paul for .it tlio '■aro of tiirie ard an eighth unless -md until tho casual labourers s'nall ?a\c worked a full wrk, when he shall be paid at the ordinary rale. Overtime is to be paid for at the rate of time md a quarter.

Good prices have boen =ecurcd for the peaches sent away from Roxburgh recently, one cr rower pjettinu; 9d a pound on his account sales and several others recon m?r. Fd and 6d iier 4b for choice lots. — Mount Bcng-er Mail.