DROVERS’ WAGES
THE MARLBOROUGH AWARD. (Per United Press Association.) BLENHEIM, December 22. The Arbitration Court, in the Marlborough musters and drovers’ dispute, has issued an award as follows, to take effect on December 29 of this year, and to continue in force to November 24, 1926: — Musteners, not less than £4 2/6 a week, and not less than 17/- a day, a further 17/pay for any day they are required to work at mustering; packers, not less than £3 7/6 per week or 15/6 per day; musterers ard packers required to do snow raking, £1 5/a day while engaged in such work; youths learning mustering, in addition to board and lodging (first year), £1 10/- a week; (second year), £2 a week; musterers required to travel more than ten miles to the station to be paid one day’s pay as travelling allowance; drovers, one guinea a day and all necessary expenses. The award is not to apply to any worker employed regularly as a farm or station hand who assists in mustering or packing. A number of stock and station agenls are included in the list of parties to the award, but are bound by the award only when they are contracting as principals.
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Southland Times, Issue 19435, 26 December 1924, Page 4
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204DROVERS’ WAGES Southland Times, Issue 19435, 26 December 1924, Page 4
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