JOURNALISTS' DISPUTE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14015, 23 June 1913, Page 3

JOURNALISTS' DISPUTE.

| -; r AWARD,

(Per United Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, June 22. The award of the Court of Arbitration in the dispute between the Christchurch’ Journalists’ Union And' the Christchurch newspaper companies, has been hied with the Clerk of Awards to-day. The chief portions are as follows; Hours:of work: (a). Reporters’ hours of work shall be spread over a period of not more than twelve consecutive hours (including meal tunes) in any one period of 24 hours; (b) except in special circumstances a reporter. snail net he brought nack to work after Ms day’s wofktis finished nnti.l after,, an.interval of at least ten hours'; (e) any time worked in excess of these hotn;s shaSL be paid for within tire next 14 days eithe.r-iu time off at the rati; of one hour and a. half for every hoar worked or in cash.’ at the rale of, 2 s fid’, per hoar.

Wages; The following shall be the mini- 1 mum wages per week,' to be- paid respee- 1 lively., to tile workers heieinafter speciiiod: —Reporters; Senior reporters £5 15s, general ‘reporters £!>,' juniors £H 10s, : cadets—First year ,£l ss, second year Ml Jss, third year £2 ss, casual reporters i 10s per lia.V day, or 1.5s per day; proofleaders: First J54 Ids, second j-i, third t:i 10s. fourth fifth £'2 10s. ” i

Holidays: (a) Reporters shall ho allowed . at- least one clear day off in every seven (except at RarliumeatVlry election lime), evenings off to be clear from (5 p.m.; (b) reporters and readers shall be entitled to two weeks’ holidays In eaeli year on full pay. Limited preference is granted.