WORK AND WAGES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9914, 1 August 1910, Page 1

WORK AND WAGES.

THE BRANDED STRIKE BREAKERS. United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. ' LONDON, July 30. The Shipping Federation states that a doctor at Antwerp stamped the men on the wrist after passing them, to prevent crimps substituting unfit men.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION. BUENOS AYRES, July 30. President Pen a, in a special message to .the Argentine Parliament, asks it to pass a law compelling employers to compensate workmen contracting injuries or illness during employment.

THEiPAPAROA MINE. [Per Pbess Association.] GPvEYMOUTH, July 30. Matters connected with the Paparoa Mine remain in statu quo, since tho Union sent its ultimatum demanding the reinstatement and compensao'ou at Smeaton and Harris. The in an;; gov Mr Watson, says that ho cannot retract from, his position, as there were three cases within a fortnight of damage to niino property, causing ten hours' delay, through negligence on the part of men. Hence the necessity lor the special notice. Smeaton was only employed on wages temporarily where the shot was fired, and was tilling in time until a fresh contract ecu Id be laid out.

A mass meeting of miners last night decided to adhere to the demand that the two dismissed men should be reinstated and compensated, otherwise the miners would not return to work

The president of the Union, in an interview, said that the men were fighting for the principle that an enquiry, should be held into all alleged cases of negligence, the offenders, if guilty, to be dealt with afterwards. In the present case the two suspended men were not given a chance to defend themselves., ". ' -

[Per Peess Association.] WELLINGTON, July 31. It is mentioned that the award relating to the Wellington Cooks and Waiters' Union, to come into force on August 1, clashes with Statute law at one point. Section 4 of the award, states:—"A week's work for all classes of hotel workers covered by this award shall not exceed si-xty-five hours." This section includes barmaids. Clause 1, Section 162, of the Act provides:—"No female other than the licensee or the wife or daughter of the licensee, as the case may be, shall bo employed in the bar of any licensed house for more than ten hours in each day of twenty-four hours, and no •female, except as aforesaid, shall with or without her consent be employed in the bar of any licensed house after the hour of eleven at night." As the bar has to be closed on Sundays the Act stipulates that a barmaid's hours shall not exceed sixty per u'eek.