The Shearers' Award. TO THE EDITOR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 8

The Shearers' Award. TO THE EDITOR.

Sib, — I react! ■in a recent copy tr >oi ■ theOtago Witness the> full text of " new shearers' award for this season^ /"which raises the pries of shearing from c 16s Bd to 18s per UK). I would like- td'^nbw how this award is made. TBe> )eheepfarmers of this district — North,'- 1 Otajro— — were nevei' cited nor asked in 'an!?' way to' have any say in the matter' iftr^^pres* tony - I have always understood that both parties in an industrial' dfepute wer» heard together, but I suppose* 4n this particular case- there was no diUtoufre. as the shearers were perfectly satisfied with the rim to 16s Bd, and the additional amount' must have been engineered in some other way. I understand that a* the expiry of -the present so-caJl&d' 'award in a few months' time the price is to be raised to 20s- • for next shearing' season. If this oan be don©, where does thrfs sort of thinj? stop? Truly, New Zealand, is a wonderful country. — I am, etc.. • \"" Cockatoo.

King Edward is a clergyman,-, although few people T seem to be aware oC^fee fact. He is prebendary of St.. David's m -Wales and .gats a salary of £1 a, year. ; ;He is entitled to preach one. sermon a year in Hie cathedral. He is also a mejnher of the Enprlish and Irish Bars, and dutnember of the Royal College of Physipiari*^ Said's, tourist the other day: "JVJy doctor ordered me to Rotorua for a> ilianije and rest Now the Maoris have the change and boarding-houses^- the .rest, I'm off home again to scratch .up some more of both." ' r