INDUSTRIAL COURT AT WANGANUI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 69, 23 March 1939, Page 9

INDUSTRIAL COURT AT WANGANUI

YESTERDAY’S SITTING EXEMPTIONS FROM AWARDS APPLIED FOR Sixteen parties, affected by six dii ferent awards, were interested in brief sitting of the Industrial Coui lat Wanganui yesterday. Applicatior were made by the employers lor e? emplion from various awards. Mr. A. J. Weekes, secretary of th ’Wanganui Employers’ Associatioi represented the employers, and M J. J. Scott, secretary of the Wangs j nui General Labourers’ Union, rej 'resented that union, and Mr. J. Bei I gin, the General Warehousemen I Employees’ Union. I Decisions of the Court were:- ) Wanganui Collegiate School Boai ’of Trustees (Mr. F. K. Turnbull), aj plication for exemption from th 'Builders and General Labourer, | award.—Decision reserved, pending i decision of the Arbitration Court u j another similar case. I Wanganui River Gravel Compar ’(Mr. H. Keesing): Application for e> emption from the provisions of th i Builders’ and General Labourer, ; award.—Partial exemption grantc subject to a special clause being ir ’ serted to permit men to work a< cording to the tides. Wanganui River Trust (Mr. Wi ]iam Brown, secretary): Applicatio for exemption from the Local Bodies Labourers’ award. —Granted. , F. J. H. Nancarrow, -Ltd., an a[ plcation for exemption from th Brewery and Malthouse Worker award.—Granted. New Zealand Express Company Application for exemption from th Storemen and Packers’ award.Granted. R. J. Drummond, Ltd.: Applica tion for exemption from the Store men’s and Packers’ award. —Refusec Applications for exemption iron the Dominion Warehousemen’s awan were made by Levin and Co., Cod and Co., G. S. Simpson and Co., F. J H. Nancarrow and Co., and Russel Bros.’, Ltd. Nancarrow and Russel Bros, were exempted. The applica lions of the others were refused. Mi J. Bergin appeared for the union ii this case. Farmers’ Meat Company: Applica tion for exemption from the Baker' and Pastrycooks’ award. —Granted. Wanganui River Services, Ltd, Application for exemption from th Builders’ and General Labourer; award.—Granted, provided no laboui ers are employed. Shell Oil Company: Application fo exemption from the Storemen an Packers’ award. —Granted.