ARBITRATION COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 95, 20 April 1903, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

Friday, April 17th. Bfors His Honor Judge Oooper and Messrs S, Brown and K. Slater. [Continued from our last issne.]

(IREACHEB ON AWARD. At the conulu-iion of the application \ regarding the Egmont Boot Factoiy, ; Henry Weston, of the Taranaki Herald, J t waschargert with committing 4 breaches'. ■.. of tho Printers' Award, dated 2d. June, 1902, as regards H. Moon, A. | Youngman, Wm. O'Connor, and (J. t McOoniisb, employees. 1 A. A. Ambridge was similarly i charged as ragards A, Wilkinson, em- ( ployed by him. t J. H. Clayton, of- the Egmont Post, ( wasalso charged with employing Erxm\ ( Crabtree, Lily and Rosa Kawles ) (females) on typa-setting machines. \ Mr Bhck, President of the local ] Printers' Un on of Workers, appeared | on beh'ilf of the Union. i i Mr Penn appeared for Mr Weston,', Messrs Ambridge and Clayton appear- • ing in person. j' it was found, however, that no billot, as regarded by law, had been taken by j the Uaion directing the cases to be j brought into Court, and they were dismissed, ' I Mo Pann asked for oosts against Ihe ' Unioa, but cos's we~e not allowed. ', APPLICATION FOR INTERPRETATION. The Printers' Union applied for an interpretation of the award regarding ; payment of workers during Statutory holidays, Mr Black appeared for the Uaion, Mr Joseph Hooker respondent. After hearing the pirties, the Court said it would give an interpretation the following day. The Printers Union also asked for an interpretation of clause 1 of the Printers Award with respect to tho following sentence :—" The honrs of | work for all workers eaap'oyed in print-

ing a morning daily newspaper shall be 48 hours per week, and shall be regulated by according to the requirements of his particular trade or ' business." i

Mr Black appeared for the Union. | Mr E. G. Daily Nbws, , respondent. Mr Black complaitad of certain de-: ductions, which he alleged were made, when the men worked less thai) two hours in the afternoon distributing type. Mr Allsworth, in reply, eaii no deductions were made from the men's wages. It was impossible always to find "dis" to fully employ the two houri, and any time not worked in the afternoon was dedncted from overtime, the men being paid for all the time they worked. A morning paper had to run on special lines as regards the hours of lab'. U-, and any attempt on the part of the Court, to intarfere with the power of an employer to regulate the hou-s to suit the requirements of the business would be a serious handicap. He had carefully kept within the powers conferred upon him by the clause inquestion. I His Honor said he thought the parties had better agree upon and draw ; up a statement of fjcts and bath sign it, when the Court would see if there •vas any cause for interference. I SATU6DAY, 18th ApfliL, Before his Honor Judge Oooper. | At 11 a.m oi Saturday His Honor, Cooper, sat for the purpose of deliver- • iog awards. j EGMONT BOOT FAOTORY. In the case of the Egmont Boot! Factory, the Court had deaided to ex- > tend the award in force in other industrial districts to include the industrial district of Taranaki, modified as • egards the of labour and wag^s; cow in force, and other minor nut'ersj agreed upon the previous day.

OAHPBNIBRi A very lengiby award was given in this oase, the main feitures of which are that the hours of labour shall be 47 per week, work c )mmerjcing, excepting ilay, June, n- d July, at 7.45 a.m. «nd continuing u> til 5 p.m., with threequarters of f.u hour for dinner, on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12.30. During May, Juno, and July, work to commence at 7,30 a.m. and cease at 4.45 p.m., dinner intervals and Saturdays as before. The minimum wages to be Is 3d par hour, the wages of incompetent workers to be fixed by the chairman of the Ooccilliation Board for •ix monthly periods. On holidays wages to be time and, a ho If, and on Ohrisfcmus Diy, Good Friday, and Easter Monday double rates. Country work is work at a distance too far to go to and from daily, Is per day extra to be allowed when employed in the country. Suburban work is work at a distance of two miles from the Bink N.Z., New!; Plymouth, the P"Bt Officss at Strafford, Hawera,lnglewood Midhuret, Ltpparton, and Waitara, and the Bink N.Z,, Eitham. In counting ime provi?ion is made for time going and returning from suburban arjd country work and conveying thorn to the litter. Wages are to be paid weekly, within 30 minutes - % f ceasing work, There in ho limita'ion in tha number of who are to bo indentured for a period of 5 years after 3 months probation, and pud 5?, 10', 15 j , 20s, and 25s each year respectively, preference to be given to Unionists, the Union subscrip'ion to be 5a entrance fee and 6d per month. Th» award is to take effect on the 30th of April, and continue in force till 30th of April, 1905.

PAINTERS. This award was on almost the same lines as the carpenters, excepting that the dinner hour during the winter months is reduced to half-m-hour, th» hours of labour to be 47 per week, wages Is 2d par hour, work to start at 1 8 a.m. all the year and caa«e at 5p m. in summer and 430 in winter TbH present custom of allowing half an-hour n go for piymint to continue, appren tices to be indentured for five years and pud 7s, 10-, 15s, 20s and 21sj weekly each year and hmi f ed to on» apprentice to every three journeymen.

The award is limited to New Plymouth and suburbs, the other provisions as to country work, incompetent workers, etc., being thu iuuio as the carpenter's award. The award to *tiko effect on April 25>h and u\ force till April 25",b, 1905. In both cases as regards the Union wage ihe decision was that of a m .j >r i y of the Court. la reply to Mr F. Bebring; r who isked if the Pain ers'a.va d c>"ld aff«c insiders, siy from Str»tf Td, •ho-'ame r.o «o;k in New Plymouth, His Hjnor -said that such wo kuinn could come here, but oq npplic ition the award could D 8 extended. Mr Risser said the Union would sea to that paint. INTERPRETATIONS. His Honor said, in reply to Mr Black, that the interpretations asked

for would b9 forwarded from Au-;k land. His collet ffivis bad been nuxiou < to go on to Au klu-id last Light and there had not bat* i time to go into details aft-r the a.»tciiient of f-icis had bten rec ived.

THA MM. Mr F. Bellrinoei, Mr Rosspr, and Mr Black here took occasion to that.) the Court for the information give■■ ■-.ud tha courtesy extended to rh< ii ■ luring th?i long sitting of thi Court. His Honor said the course beiu taken wis rather unusual, but ha woul here like to remark on the exco'deo relations which appeared to exist between all the parties appearing before the Court, aud tha ability and acume displayed in bringing their cases in' u Court and examining witnesses waimost creditablo and ha felt it only rigb tosiy bhtrt during the time he had held his p-sition as judge of that Court the evident desire on the part of both misters and tmployees to loyally carry out th* decisions of che Court hid beei* very gratifying and helpful to the Court. The Court rose.