ARBITRATION COURT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 6

ARBITRATION COURT

GISBORNE MISSED ONLY ONE DISPUTE COUNTY LA BOURERS Gisborne seems to have been missed from the sittings of the Arbitration Court this month, but no definite information can be secured on this point locally. Early in the month it was stated that the court would proceed to Rotorua and Gisborne after finishing in Auckland, but according to an overnight message from Auckland, published on page 10, the court will sit in Wellington the day following the Rotorua hearing on September 28, and will go on to the South Island for the early part of October before returning to Wellington. No mention is made of Gisborne, and there seems no possibility of a sitting being sandwiched in here this month, although one was promised during September.

Only one dispute is known to be waiting for hearing in Gisborne at present, that between labourers employed by county councils and town boards against the local bodies eoncorned. The employees wish to come under a Dominion award.

The secretary of the union, Mr. C. E. Bickford, stated to-day that his union had been led to believe that the dispute would be heard here this month, but he had been advised of no definite date.

DROVERS’ AGREEMENT

PAYMENT AT 27/6 A DAY

Drovers and inusterers have reached an agreement with representatives of sheep,owners of the North Island whereby drovers will be paid £1 7s 6d a day, and mustcrcrs £1 8s fid, with keep, a day.

This agreement was reached following a conference between sheepowners of the North Island and the New Zealand Workers’ Union held in Napier on Wednesday. Details of the agreement reached Gisborne this morning, and provide that any drover required to travel more than 30 miles in any one day, either to lift or t,o return at the completion of a drive, shall be paid at the rate of Is per mile for every mile ox er 30, in addition to the daily rate. The agreement conies into force from October 1, and will continue until June 30 next year. At present, tin rate of pay for drovers in the Gisborne district is £1 2s fid a day, and the new rate represents an advance ot fis a day.