CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17220, 11 December 1923, Page 7

CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

TETAIL shop assistants. A meeting of the Conciliation Council was presided over by tho Commissioner, Mr W. H. Hagger, to-day. the sitting being to endeavour to bring about a settlement in a dispute between the retail shop assistants and their employers. The employers’ representatives were Messrs B. L. Hammond (secretary of the Emplcvers’ Federtion), O. C. Cox and H. V. Free; and the shop assistants’ representatives were Messrs R. D. Martin and Sog3 Keller. „ _ .. A letter was rea-d from the City Council objecting to the Electricity Department being included in the award. Mr Hammond said there was no reason why the council should be exempt from the award. , __ Mr R. D. Martin: It was only recently that w© had to foroe the council to pay a girl in the sales department the award. Mr Hammond: Well as far as our side is concerned we are neutral. Mr Martin said that the application should be disputed and the application was withdrawn. , . . . Mr Hammond said that only the machinery clause could b© agreed to as a Dominion award would be framed m Wellington and other matters would be discussed decided to go through the machinery cluees and agree to as many ol thorn as possible.

The State Advances Office has advised the New Brighton Borough Council that the consent of the Governor-General-in-Council has been obtained for the raising of a loan of —OOO for drainage outfalls.