THE WAR BONUS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 699, 8 May 1916, Page 8

THE WAR BONUS.

APPLIED TO CLOTHING TRADE Trtn Association. WELLINGTON, May 8. In making its award in the dispute between the New Zealand Wholesale Clothing Union and the Federated Tailoresses' and Other Clothing Trades' Association of Workers, the Arbitration Court inserted the war bonus clause, as agreed upon. The clause provides that during the war, and for three months after the declaration of peace, the war bonus of 7} per cent, will be paid to improvers and journeymen on a weekly wage up to, and including, those who earn 33/- a week, without overtime, to fourth and fifth-year apprentices, and journeymen un to, and including, those who <•■■ • £3 1(1/- a week, without overti